20 Indian flights receive bomb threats in a day
As the number of such threats went over 40 in six days, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security held a meeting with the CEOs and representatives of airlines.
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At least 20 airlines operated by Indian carriers received bomb threats on Saturday, reported The Hindu.
This took the number of bomb threats received by Indian air carriers to over 40 in six days.
IndiGo flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul, and Jodhpur to Delhi as well as Vistara’s flight from Udaipur to Mumbai were among those that received the threats on Saturday, according to PTI. A total of seven IndiGo flights and six Vistara flights received threats.
While most threats were made on social media, a note warning of a bomb was found in the lavatory of the Udaipur-Mumbai Vistara flight.
On Friday, three international flights operated by Vistara had received bomb threats, which turned out to be hoaxes.
Following this, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, the aviation security regulator, held a meeting with the CEOs and representatives of several airlines, reported The Hindu.
“The meeting discussed ways to strike a balance between keeping the skies safe as well as to ensure minimum inconvenience to passengers and airlines,” an unidentified official of the Ministry of Home Affairs was quoted as saying by the newspaper. “We have been able to ensure that no flight is diverted or delayed because of these threats.”
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