Nepal on Monday received a bomb hoax call on an Air India flight AI 216 that was set to return to New Delhi on Monday. It is the second hoax call that Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport had received within a week, officials confirmed.
In an official press statement, Indigo said, "In line with our strict safety protocols, all necessary precautions are being taken, and we are working closely with the relevant authorities."
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.
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.
Asangba Chuba Ao, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has stated that the aviation security regulator is working to find solid solutions for the continuous hoax bomb threats faced by Indian airlines.
After a series of hoax bomb threats received by all Indian airlines in the last four days, the Director General (DG) of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) held a meeting of the airlines at the BCAS headquarters in Delhi on Saturday.