50 flights get bomb threats, Centre taking steps to ban perpetrators from flying
India | October 27, 2024 18:11 ISTBomb threat: As of Saturday, in 13 days, more than 300 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received hoax bomb threats.
Bomb threat: As of Saturday, in 13 days, more than 300 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received hoax bomb threats.
The sender wrote a threat email to at least ten hotels demanding ransom. He wrote, "Contact me on my primary email address: shaikha.nasser20077@gmail.com." He demanded USD 55,000.
Three hotels in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, received bomb threats via email, leading to extensive searches by local police and sniffer dogs. Authorities confirmed the threats were a hoax. Investigations are underway to trace the source of the threats linked to drug kingpin Jaffer Sidiq.
Over the last 9 days, nearly 170 flights, domestic and international, have received bomb threats. These threats turned out to bo hoaxes but caused widespread panic and financial losses to airlines.
The bomb threats to CRPF schools followed an explosion near a CRPF school in Delhi on October 20. Following a blast near the school in Delhi's Prashant Vihar, officials recovered a white powder-like substance.
Hoax bomb threats: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said the Centre is taking it very seriously and wants to ensure that these kinds of incidents don't happen.
Over 20 flights from Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday, prompting emergency responses, though many threats this week have been confirmed as hoaxes.
According to the information received, upon receiving the threat, airport authorities immediately took action, guiding the aircraft to an isolated area of the airport for further inspection.
70 bomb threats in a week caused a huge loss to the airlines, adding hardships to hundreds of passengers as well as staff at airports.
Earlier today, five flights of IndiGo, one each of Vistara and Air India Express received bomb threats leading to emergency landings of the aircraft in some cases. In a few days, 40 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats.
Earlier today, authorities were alerted at the Jaipur Airport as an Air India Express flight made an emergency landing following a bomb threat which later turnout out to be a hoax.
Flight bomb threat: More than 20 flights received bomb threats this week, leading to diversions and rescheduling of flights and sending security forces into a tizzy.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said he can't comment on any kind of a conspiracy but from whatever little bit he knows. these calls are coming from some minors and pranksters.
Earlier on Wednesday, seven flights of IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa received similar bomb threats. Prior to that, nearly a dozen flights operated by Indian carriers received similar threats on Monday and Tuesday.
The Boeing 787 aircraft was immediately taken to the isolation bay for mandatory security checks, according to the statement released by Vistara Airlines. The flight landed safely at 7.45 am.
The bomb threat to Akasa Air flight comes in the wake of multiple similar incidents in the last three days. On October 15 and 16, three flights received bomb threats each day.
On Tuesday, Air India's Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft en route to Chicago from Delhi was diverted to the Canadian airport following a bomb threat. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had said that the flight made an emergency landing at Iqaluit.
Since the past few months, the bomb threats for the flights have increased. On Monday and Tuesday alone, several domestic and international flights of Air India and IndiGo received threats. Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Monday also convened a meeting with senior officials.
Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said that the Air India Express flight safely landed at Singapore Changi Airport around 10.04 PM.
Initially scheduled to land in Lucknow, the aircraft was diverted to Jaipur for safety reasons. The plane is currently stationed in an isolation bay, as per officials.
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