12 Indian Flights Affected in 3 Days as Bomb Threats Target 2 More Planes

12 Indian Flights Affected in 3 Days as Bomb Threats Target 2 More Planes/NDTV

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12 Indian Flights Affected in 3 Days as Bomb Threats Target 2 More Planes

12 Indian Flights Affected in 3 Days as Bomb Threats Target 2 More Planes

NDTV

A Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight and Delhi-bound IndiGo flight received bomb threats on Wednesday, taking the number of such threats to 12 in three days. An Akasa Air spokesperson said the flight QP 1335 had 177 persons, including 3 infants, and seven crew members on board.

The flight returned to Delhi. Meanwhile, IndiGo’s 6E 651 Mumbai-Delhi flight was redirected to Ahmedabad. The aircraft was isolated, and all passengers were safely disembarked, an IndiGo Spokesperson said.

Apart from an Air India Delhi-Chicago flight, the Dammam-Lucknow IndiGo flight, Ayodhya-Bengaluru Air India Express, a SpiceJet flight from Darbhanga to Mumbai (SG116), an Akasa Air flight from Bagdogra to Bengaluru (QP 1373) an Alliance Air Amritsar-Dehradun-Delhi flight (9I 650) and an Air India Express flight (IX 684) from Madurai to Singapore received bomb threats on Tuesday. On Monday, two IndiGo and one Air India flight received hoax threats. These included an Air India flight AI119 from Mumbai to New York’s JFK Airport, and IndiGo flight 6E1275 bound for Muscat, and flight 6E56 heading to Jeddah.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee met at 11 am over the issue. This was preceded by a meeting called by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu with Civil Aviation Ministry and DGCA officials.

Sources told NDTV that some culprits have been identified and the dark web is also being monitored.

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