Threatens to bomb 10 Indigo flights
Bomb threats were received on 20 flights across the country. These include 10 flights by Indigo Airlines and 10 flights by Vistara Airlines. Most of the planes that receive bomb threats are international.
Which aircraft are at risk?
- IndiGo’s 6E-63 Delhi-Jeddah
- Indigo’s 6E-12 Istanbul-Delhi
- Indigo’s 6E-83 Delhi Damdum
- Indigo’s 6E-65 Kozhiko de Jeddah
- Indigo 6E-67- Hyderabad Jida
- IndiGo 6E-77- Bangalore Jeddah
- Indigo 6E-18- Istanbul Mumbai
- Indigo’s 6E-164-Mangalore Mumbai
- Indigo’s 6E-118-Lucknow Pune
- Indigo’s 6E-75-Jeddah, Ahmedabad
More than 100 flights operated by Air India have received bomb threats in the past week. Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu has said that the bomb threat may be a rumour, but it cannot be taken lightly. Meanwhile, the government is planning legislative action to respond to bomb threats against airlines, including placing those who make such threats on a no-fly list.
The government is planning to amend the Aviation Safety Rules 1982 and the Suppression of Unlawful Practices Against Civil Aviation Safety Act, under which crimes committed by aircraft on the ground can be investigated without a court order. was arrested.
