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.
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.
In a statement, it informed that for instance, UK 955 will become AI 2955, helping customers identify them while booking on Air India's website after November 12.
The flight after landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport was taken to the isolation bay where all passengers were disembarked, as per a Vistara spokesperson.
The Tata group of Airlines - Air India, Air India Express and Vistara on Thursday made an in-flight announcement in remembrance of Tata Son's Chairman Emeritus, Ratan Tata.
A Vistara flight that took off from Mumbai Airport on Friday to Frankfurt was diverted to Turkey due to a security concern. Sources confirmed that emergency landing was triggered by a message discovered on a piece of paper mentioning a bomb threat was found by a passenger.
Vistara Airlines announced on Friday that its Mumbai-Frankfurt flight that was diverted to Turkey due to security concerns has landed safely in Turkey.