This incident adds to a rising number of false alarms, with Mumbai Police registering 14 FIRs related to airline bomb threats this month alone. Investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those responsible for the disruptions.
In 12 days, more than 275 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats. Most of the threats were issued through social media.
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.
Hoax bomb threats: In the last few days, more than 250 flights, domestic and international, have received bomb threats. These threats turned out to bo hoaxes but caused widespread panic and financial losses to airlines.
Investigations are underway to assess the credibility of the threats and determine their origin. As a precaution, several flights were delayed, and airports across the country have stepped up security measures.
The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats, the sources in the know said.
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.
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 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.
Airlines bomb threats: According to officials, as many as 19 flights have received bomb threats in three days and a Riyadh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Muscat due to the threat.
The Police swung into action after nearly a dozen Indian flights, including some international flights, received bomb threats in the last two days. However, nothing suspicious was found in the planes and these threats turned out to be hoaxes.
The US reaction came after Singapore was forced to scramble fighter jets to escort an Madurai-Singapore Air India flight after receiving a bomb threat. Prior to that, an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago diverted to Iqaluit airport0 in Canada on Tuesday following a similar threat.
Bomb threat at several Rajasthan railway stations including Hanumangarh, Jaipur, and Jodhpur. Security forces conduct searches after letter allegedly from Jaish-e-Mohammed. Police investigation underway.
The threat call created chaos at the airport but security personnel controlled the situation. A Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad team launched an extensive search operation at the airport. On the other hand, Bhopal police arrested the accused.
Several major shopping malls in Delhi, including Select CityWalk and Ambience Mall, received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, claiming explosives were set to detonate within hours. Delhi Police responded by deploying Bomb Disposal Squads and fire tenders to the locations.
Delhi bomb threat: A private school in the Greater Kailash area of south Delhi received a bomb threat via email. Thorough checking was done by a bomb detection team and nothing suspicious was found.
The police said that the identity of the sender and the motive of the threat are yet to be ascertained. They also confirmed that the threatening emails were sent using a VPN Network. The police have launched an investigation into the matter.
In the past few weeks, bomb threat emails have been received by many establishments in the national capital, including schools, hospitals, hotels, government offices and other institutions.
This comes a day after several hospitals and IGI airport received bomb threats in the national capital.
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