As many as 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines have received bomb threats from Monday night till Tuesday afternoon, as per aviation sources.
The major Indian airline companies including Indigo, Vistara and Air India received bomb threats for their international and domestic flights, on Monday night.
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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General RS Bhatti and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Director General Zulfiquar Hasan met with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Monday to discuss recent hoax bomb threats targeting domestic and international flights.
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Vistara and Akasa Air received security threats on twelve flights -- six for each airline -- operating on Sunday, prompting the airlines to activate their emergency protocols.
Vistara and Akasa Air received security threats on twelve flights -- six for each airline -- operating on Sunday, prompting the airlines to activate their emergency protocols.
The safety of passengers on board is at risk due to the series of hoax threats and security alerts received on multiple flights on domestic and international routes.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is in talks with the other concerned ministries to make required amendments in the existing laws to make them more stringent to deal with the cases of hoax bomb threats for flights, MoCA sources said.