{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Smoke in a Kolkata Metro coach, bomb note on a Gorakhpur-bound flight jolt the city within hours",
  "summary": "Two unrelated scares hit Kolkata within hours on Friday: smoke was spotted in a Metro coach on the Blue Line, and a bomb note was found aboard a Gorakhpur-bound flight; checks in both cases found nothing dangerous.",
  "content": "Kolkata went through two unconnected scares within a matter of hours on Friday, one on a Kolkata Metro rake and the other aboard a passenger aircraft at the city's airport, and in both cases officials moved quickly to evacuate people before it became clear there was nothing dangerous on board.\n\nSmoke sends passengers scrambling off a Blue Line coach at Belgachia\nThe first alarm went up on the Kolkata Metro's Blue Line, where smoke was seen billowing out of a coach at around 4:10 pm on Friday. The train, which was travelling towards Dakshineswar, had come to a halt at Belgachia station at the time the smoke was spotted. A Metro spokesperson said the coach was cleared out the moment the smoke was noticed, with commuters guided onto the platform without delay. The spokesperson said the smoke drifted across parts of the platform area for a short while, but staff on duty brought the situation under control almost as quickly as it appeared. According to the Metro, there was no report of anyone being hurt, no casualties, and no stampede or panic among the commuters who were moved out. The coach that produced the smoke was later shifted to a car shed so that engineers could examine it and establish what went wrong, while the passengers who had been travelling in it were put on the next available train so their journey was not disrupted for long. Services on the corridor returned to normal once the affected rake had been pulled out of service.\n\nA note about a bomb, hidden in a toilet-roll, grounds a Gorakhpur-bound flight\nHours later, a different kind of scare played out at Kolkata's airport, where a flight bound for Gorakhpur was held back after a threatening note was found on board just before it was due to take off. Airport officials said the note had been scrawled on a piece of tissue paper tucked inside a toilet paper roll in the aircraft's washroom, and that it referred to a bomb. A senior airport official said all the passengers were taken off the aircraft the moment the note was discovered. \"Security personnel from CISF, along with the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs, searched the plane thoroughly,\" the official said. Teams combed through the cabin, the washrooms and the cargo hold, but the search turned up nothing suspicious, and no explosive material was found anywhere on the aircraft. Once the checks were completed and the plane was cleared, it was allowed to depart, taking off for Gorakhpur at around 8:45 pm that night, several hours after the note had first been found.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThe immediate effect falls on commuters and flyers in Kolkata, even though normal services resumed the same day in both cases.\n\n• Across India: The response shows how metro and airport security protocols swing into action the moment something looks off. Commuters and flyers anywhere should expect quick evacuations rather than explanations first, and following staff instructions immediately is the safest move.\n• In Kolkata: Commuters travelling on the Blue Line near Belgachia station faced a short disruption on Friday evening while the smoke was cleared and the coach was pulled out. Anyone who was on that train had to wait for the next service to continue their journey.\n• For air travellers: Passengers booked on the Gorakhpur-bound flight had to wait several hours while CISF, the bomb squad and sniffer dogs completed a full search before departure was cleared.\n• For security agencies: The scale of the search, CISF personnel, a bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs, shows that even a note found on tissue paper is treated as a serious threat until it is ruled out.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. When and where was the smoke spotted on the Kolkata Metro?\nIt was seen around 4:10 pm on Friday in a coach of a Dakshineswar-bound train on the Blue Line while it was halted at Belgachia station.\n\n2. Was anyone hurt in the metro incident?\nNo, the Metro said there was no report of anyone being injured, any casualties, or any stampede.\n\n3. Where was the bomb threat note found on the flight?\nIt was found written on a piece of tissue paper tucked inside a toilet paper roll in the aircraft's washroom.\n\n4. Where was this flight travelling from and to?\nThe flight was travelling from Kolkata to Gorakhpur.\n\n5. What did the security search of the flight find?\nCISF personnel, a bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs searched the aircraft and found nothing suspicious.\n\n6. When did the flight eventually depart?\nAfter the checks were completed, the aircraft took off for Gorakhpur at around 8:45 pm that night.\n\n7. What happened to the affected metro coach?\nIt was sent to a car shed for examination to determine why the smoke occurred.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/west-bengal/belgachia-men-metro-ke-dibbe-se-utha-dhuan-gorakhpur-vali-phlaita-men-mila-dhamaki-bhara-nota-28059",
  "category": "West Bengal",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-05",
  "tags": [
    "Kolkata Metro",
    "Blue Line",
    "Belgachia Station",
    "Bomb Threat",
    "Gorakhpur Flight",
    "CISF"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}