IndiGo 6E6115 Diverts to Hyderabad After Smoke From a Passenger’s Device

IndiGo flight 6E6115 from Delhi to Chennai diverted to Hyderabad on Sunday, October 11, 2026, after smoke came from a passenger’s personal electronic device in the cabin. The airline said the cabin crew brought the situation under control and the pilots landed safely at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

The jet was an Airbus A321neo registered VT-NOE, according to FlightAware tracking data and Asianet Newsable. FlightAware shows it leaving Delhi at about 1:30 p.m. local time.

What IndiGo said

“IndiGo flight 6E 6115, operating from Delhi to Chennai on October 11, 2026, was diverted to Hyderabad after smoke was detected from a customer’s personal electronic device,” the airline said in a statement carried by PTI. It added that “the cabin crew responded promptly and the situation was brought under control.”

“In line with established protocols, the pilots diverted the flight and landed safely at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad,” IndiGo said. The airline arranged a replacement aircraft to take passengers on to Chennai.

PTI reported, citing the carrier, that the device had been kept in an overhead bin. Several outlets, including Gulf News and Siasat, carried reports that it was a power bank, but IndiGo’s statement does not name the device.

Gulf News described passenger video that appears to show an orange glow inside an overhead compartment, with passengers dabbing at it using bags. AeroCorner has not verified the footage.

Media reports said all passengers and crew were safe, though IndiGo’s statement did not address injuries. IndiGo has not said how many people were on board, and AeroCorner found no public statement on the flight from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) at the time of writing.

Why the overhead bin matters

India already restricts where passengers can put a power bank. Under DGCA guidance issued between November 2025 and January 2026, power banks and spare lithium batteries may travel only in hand baggage, may not go in overhead compartments, and may not be used to charge devices in flight, even from seat power outlets.

Those rules were reported by IANS and Deccan Herald in January. The regulator’s reasoning was about detection: a battery in an overhead bin or inside a carry-on bag can delay the crew spotting smoke or flames.

The DGCA also warned that lithium battery fires can be self-sustaining and difficult to extinguish, and asked airlines to strengthen cabin crew training to spot unusual heat, smoke or odor early.

If the device on 6E6115 was a power bank kept in an overhead bin, as reported, it sat in exactly the kind of spot the advisory was written to keep batteries out of. IndiGo has not confirmed the device type or how it came to be stowed there.

Even with the smoke under control, the crew did not press on to Chennai. The pilots put the A321neo down at Hyderabad’s airport instead, which IndiGo said followed established protocols.

IndiGo has been here before

On October 19, 2025, IndiGo flight 6E 2107 from Delhi to Dimapur returned to its parking bay at Delhi after what the airline called a minor fire from a passenger’s personal electronic equipment in a seat-back pocket. Sources told Deccan Herald it was a power bank, and IndiGo said all passengers and crew were safe.

The problem is not limited to India. On September 26, a power bank fire forced Lufthansa flight LH1170, another A321, to divert to Lyon on its way from Frankfurt to Lisbon.

Sunday’s diversion is unrelated to the August 12 emergency on IndiGo flight 6E723, which lost an engine on approach to Chennai. IndiGo has not said whether VT-NOE needed inspection or repairs after the smoke event.