Several hotels in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Sunday received bomb threats, following which a Dog Squad and Bomb Disposal Squad conducted a search at a hotel in the city.
Issuing a clarification on the hoax bomb threat on the Ayodhya baound flight from Bangalore, the Akasa airline reported that 15 of its flights received security alerts, prompting a swift response from the airline's Emergency Response team.
Ayodhya's Maharishi Valmiki International Airport was the scene of heightened security today following a bomb threat on a flight arriving from Bengaluru.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued an advisory emphasizing the responsibility of intermediaries, including social media platforms, to curb the spread of hoax bomb threats by the various airlines operating in India.
Amid a surge in hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu expressed serious concern and said that the government is committed to take strict action against those responsible for these malicious acts.
The surge in bomb threats to Indian airlines shows no signs of slowing, on Friday more than 20 aircraft of various airlines received bomb threats this afternoon as per the Civil Aviation sources.
In the past week, Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats resulting in inconvenience to passengers and monetary loss to the airlines . Most of the threats were posted on accounts on X and the accounts were created by using a virtual private network (VPN) or dark web br
Two IndiGo flights operating from Hyderabad to Jodhpur and from Kolkata to Jaipur received bomb threats on Tuesday, prompting the airline to activate emergency protocols.
Major Indian airlines, including IndiGo, Vistara, and Akasa Air, reported bomb threats for both their international and domestic flights during this period.