Over 10 domestic and international flights were affected on Tuesday following the hoax bomb threats on the anniversary of Talwinder Singh Parmar, the main accused in the Kanishka bombing. The hoax threats started on 14th October and continued on the 15th. Over the matter, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has called a high-level meeting on Wednesday.
According to the media reports, the Minister of Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu, held a meeting with the Bureau of Civil Aviation, CISF, and other senior officials about the bomb threats. According to CISF, they received 10 bomb threats on social media within 24 hours. A senior police officer said, ‘We have identified and suspended many accounts that were posting threats on social media regarding bombs in airplanes. It has been reported that some threats originated from London and other countries’.
1. Delhi-Chicago Air India Flight AI 127: Following the hoax threat, the flight was diverted to Iqaluit airport in Canada. The flight took off from Delhi at 3 AM and landed at Iqaluit airport as a precautionary measure, according to Air India.
2. Dammam-Lucknow IndiGo flight 6E 98: Following the hoax threat, the flight made an emergency landing in Jaipur. An IndiGo spokesperson said in a statement, ‘We are cognisant of a situation involving flight 6E 98 from Dammam to Lucknow. The safety and security of our passengers and crew is our highest priority, and we are working closely with the relevant authorities and taking all necessary precautions as per the guidelines’.
3. Jaipur-Ayodhya Air India Express flight IX 765: Following the hoax threat, the flight made an emergency landing in Ayodhya around 2 PM.
4. Mumbai to New York Air India flight AI 119: The flight made an emergency landing in New Delhi following the hoax threat on Monday.
5. Jaipur-Bengaluru Air India Express
6. Akasa Air flight from Bagdogra to Bengaluru QP 1373
7. Darbhanga-Mumbai SpiceJet flight
8. Siliguri-Bengaluru Akasa Air flight
9. Alliance Air Amritsar-Dehradun-Delhi flight 9I 650
10. Air India Express flight from Madurai to Singapore IX 684
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