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Civil Aviation Ministry Takes Action On Bomb Threat Cases.

Union Minister Naidu addresses hoax bomb threats to flights

October 17, 2024, 09:27 PM - 4 min read

The recent surge of hoax bomb threats targeting flights, including Indian airlines, has caused widespread concern. However, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu assured the public that necessary actions are being taken to address the situation.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu.

Hoax bomb threats: Stern norms, 'no-fly list' for culprits

October 17, 2024, 05:33 PM - 3 min read

In four days, more than 20 flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats, including international flights, and some of them were diverted. Most of the threats have turned out to be hoaxes.

19 flights receive hoax bomb threats, 1 minor nabbed

October 16, 2024, 08:12 PM - 6 min read

In less than 24 hours, 9 flights received bomb threats and the total count has climbed to at least 19 in three days. The threats, received through social media, have turned out to be hoax.

10 planes face bomb threats in 48 hrs, jets escort AI flight

October 16, 2024, 09:00 AM - 4 min read

The incidents have prompted security agencies to initiate heightened counter-terror drills at various airports across the country. Among the ten flights affected, the Air India flight to Chicago, carrying 211 passengers, was forced to divert to Iqaluit, Canada, following a bomb threat posted on social media.

Flights Hoax bomb threats: Cops summon minor boy, father from Chhattisgarh

October 16, 2024, 08:45 AM - 2 min read

"A team of Mumbai police reached Rajnandgaon on Monday. With the help of Rajnandgaon police, a notice was issued to a 17-year-old boy, who is a resident of the city, his father, and the person whose X account was used. They were summoned for questioning and further action to Mumbai," the official said.

Series of Bomb Threats Prompts MoCA Emergency Meeting. File Photo Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.

MoCA holds urgent high-level meet over airplane bomb threats

October 15, 2024, 09:05 PM - 2 min read

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has called for a high-level meeting following a spate of bomb threats directed at aeroplanes. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and comes in response to a series of alarming threats received on social media over the past few days.

The sources said an X handle issued threats on Tuesday to seven flights -- an Air India Express flight from Jaipur to Bengaluru via Ayodhya (IX765), a SpiceJet flight from Darbhanga to Mumbai (SG116), an Akasa Air flight from Bagdogra to Bengaluru (QP 1373), an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago (AI 127), an Indigo flight from Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to Lucknow (6E 98), an Alliance Air Amritsar-Dehradun-Delhi flight (9I 650) and an Air India Express flight (IX 684) from Madurai to Singapore.

7 flights get bomb threats, Air India flight lands in Canada

October 15, 2024, 07:28 PM - 5 min read

The Delhi-Chicago Air India flight which landed safely in Iqualuit in Canada, a Dammam-Lucknow IndiGo flight, a Darbhanga-Mumbai SpiceJet flight, a Jaipur-Bengaluru Air India Express, and a Siliguri-Bengaluru Akasa Air flight were five flights which were impacted by bomb threats, which later turned out to be hoax messages, media outlets reported.