AHMEDABAD: A Indigo flight travelling from Medina to Hyderabad was forced to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad on Thursday following a suspected bomb threat, airport officials said. The flight had 180 passengers and 6 crew members, airport sources told news agency ANI. The scare comes as lakhs of passengers across India face unprecedented flight delays and cancellations, primarily due to a pilot shortage at IndiGo, the country’s largest airline by market share. IndiGo has cancelled more than 200 flights a day this week, after days of triple-digit cancellations. On Tuesday, the airline’s on-time performance slumped to 35%, the lowest among all scheduled carriers in India. Some passengers have reported waiting up to 10 hours at airports. The Directorate General of Civ

See Full Page