Fox on runway and hijack alert, passengers had a harrowing time at Kolkata Airport

Passengers travelling to and from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport had a harrowing time on Wednesday (November 11, 2026) after the departure and landing of two different flights was delayed for hours.An Indigo flight 6E 986 from Chennai to Kolkata had to be diverted right before the landing at NSCBI. According to reports, the captain of the aircraft spotted a fox on the runway at Kolkata airport. The captain immediately informed the ATC (Air Traffic Control) which directed the aircraft to go around before the touchdown. At 6.35 p.m. the flight landed at Andal airport in Durgapur. The passengers had to wait for more than two and half hours before the flight could take off for Kolkata. There was confusion among passengers as no clear information was given to them. The flight had taken off from Chennai at 3.56 p.m. and the passengers could return to Kolkata’s NSCBI Airport at about 10 p.m.Earlier in the day, at about 10.37 a.m., a hijack note was found by the cabin crew inside the lavatory of Air India flight AI 2772 (A320, registration VT-TNH), operating on the Kolkata (CCU) – Mumbai (BOM) sector at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata. Following the completion of the checks, authorities established that the threat was a hoax and cleared the aircraft for departure. The flight eventually took off at 5.38 p.m., nearly seven hours behind schedule. Published - November 12, 2026 04:02 am IST