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- India
Afghanistan refuses arirspace access to Vistara flight due to bomb threat
New Delhi: Afghanistan authorities on Sunday did not permit a Frankfurt-bound Vistara plane to use its airspace as there was a bomb threat, forcing the aircraft to return to Delhi, according to…
- Hyderabad
Hoax bomb threats to flights fuel fear, anxiety among Hyderabad travellers
Hyderabad: As flights of Indian airlines continue to face hoax bomb threats, residents of Hyderabad travelling to and fro to meet family during the festival season or attend weddings are expressing concerns…
- Hyderabad
Akasa flight from Delhi to Hyderabad recieves bomb threat
Hyderabad: Akasa Air flight QP 1406 from Delhi to Hyderabad received a bomb threat on Sunday, October 20. An Akasa Air spokesperson stated, “The Akasa Air Emergency Response team was immediately activated…
- India
Over 30 flights receive bomb threats on Sat; BCAS holds meeting with airlines
New Delhi: More than 30 flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats on Saturday, sending security agencies into a tizzy and causing hardships to hundreds of passengers as well as staff…
- India
BCAS holds meeting with airlines, After 70 Bomb threats
New Delhi: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) officials on Saturday held a meeting with representatives of airlines on a day when more than 30 flights received bomb threats, according to…
- India
Over 20 flights receive bomb threats on Saturday
New Delhi: More than 20 flights of various Indian airlines have received bomb threats since Saturday morning, October 19 according to sources. Flights of Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star…
- Middle East
Bomb scare: Dubai-Jaipur flight makes emergency landing
Jaipur: A Dubai-Jaipur Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at the airport here in the early hours of Saturday due to a bomb threat, which later turned out to be…
- World
Royal Air Force scrambles fighter jet to intercept Air India plane after bomb threat
London: The Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London. The…
- India
Bomb threats impact 7 flights on Wed; govt says agencies pursuing all cases actively
New Delhi: As many as seven flights received bomb threats on Wednesday taking the number of flights impacted to 19 in three days, with the Union government asserting that the law enforcement…
- India
Bomb threats to 19 flights in 3 days; 17-yr-old held for framing friend
A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai police in connection with a series of bomb threats made against various airlines since Monday, resulting in several flight diversions, including one…
- World
Canadian Air Force plane ferries stranded Air India passengers from Iqaluit airport to Chicago
New Delhi: A Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying stranded passengers of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport to Chicago, hours after the flight was diverted to the airport due to…
- India
IndiGo Mumbai-Delhi flight diverted to Ahmedabad after bomb threat
Ahmedabad: A Delhi-bound IndiGo aircraft from Mumbai was diverted to Ahmedabad after receiving a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a hoax, an official said on Wednesday. Soon after the…
- India
Air India’s Delhi-Chicago flight diverted to Canada following bomb threat
New Delhi: An Air India plane carrying 211 people from Delhi to Chicago was diverted to an airport in Canada on Tuesday following a bomb threat, according to officials. The Royal Canadian…
- Delhi
US bound plane among 4 to get bomb threat, diverted to Canada
New Delhi: Four planes, including one bound for the United States, received bomb-threat messages through a social media handle on Tuesday, October 15 prompting security agencies to undertake specific counter-terrorist drills at…
- India
After Air India, IndiGo flights from Mumbai to Jeddah, Muscat receive bomb threats
India’s largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo Airlines, faced bomb threats on two separate flights departing from Mumbai Airport to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Muscat, Oman, on Monday morning, October 14. “As per protocol, the…
