Over 30 flights receive bomb threats, make emergency landings

More than 30 flights received bomb threats on Saturday. These include Indigo, Air India, Akasa, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air.

So far this week, at least 70 flights of Indian carriers have received bomb threats and all of them turned out to be hoaxes. Due to these threats, the airlines have suffered a loss of Rs 80 crore so far.

The sources said more than 30 flights, including domestic and international ones, operated by domestic airlines have received bomb threats through social media on Saturday. In at least one of the flights, a note was found in the lavatory saying there was a bomb in the flight.

On Saturday (October 19, 2024), Vistara said five of its flights on international routes received security threats through social media while IndiGo said at least four of its flights got security-related alerts.

The five flights of Vistara are UK106 (Singapore to Mumbai), UK027 (Mumbai to Frankfurt), UK107 (Mumbai to Singapore), UK121 (Delhi to Bangkok) and UK131 (Mumbai to Colombo).

Amidst the continuous threats, the Central government had decided to double the number of air marshals in flights on October 16. The Home Ministry has also sought a report from the Aviation Ministry.