Indigo’s 18, Vistara’s 17… Today again 50 flights received bomb threat, route of two planes changed

New Delhi: The cases of bomb threats to Indian airline companies do not seem to be stopping. Even today, at least 50 planes received bomb threats, due to which the routes of two flights had to be changed. In the last 14 days, more than 350 flights operated by Indian airlines have received false bomb threats. Most of the threats were given through social media. Akasa Air on Sunday said 15 of its flights received a security alert and after strict checks, all the planes were allowed to operate.

Cases of bomb threats on flights are not stopping

Sources related to the matter said that during 18 flights of Indigo and 17 flights of Vistara, threats of bomb in the aircraft were received. After these threats, the routes of at least two Indigo flights were changed. In this regard, an official said that flight 6E 133 (Pune to Jodhpur) was diverted to Ahmedabad and 6E 87 (Kozhikode to Dammam) was diverted to Mumbai.

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These Indigo flights received threats

In a statement issued by IndiGo, it was said that the flights which received security related alerts include 6E 11 (Delhi-Istanbul), 6E 92 (Jeddah-Mumbai), 6E 112 (Goa-Ahmedabad), 6E 125 (Bengaluru-Jharsuguda), 6E 127 (Amritsar-Ahmedabad) and 6E 135 (Kolkata-Pune). Other flights which received false bomb threats included 6E 149 (Hyderabad to Bagdogra), 6E 173 (Delhi to Bengaluru), 6E 175 (Bengaluru to Delhi), 6E 197 (Raipur to Hyderabad), 6E 248 (Mumbai to Kolkata. ), 6E 277 (Ahmedabad-Lucknow), 6E 312 (Bengaluru to Kolkata), 6E 235 (Kolkata-Bengaluru) and 6E 74 (Riyadh-Mumbai).

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What did Union Minister Rammohan Naidu say?

Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu on Sunday said the Center is considering steps to ban criminals who make false bomb threats from flying. The minister also said that apart from taking the help of international agencies, law enforcement branch and Intelligence Bureau to stop these fake threats, the central government is also considering amending two civil aviation laws.

Center increased strictness but still no control!

In view of the continuous bomb threats being received by airline companies, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has given instructions for cooperation from social media platforms X and Meta. In the advisory issued by the IT Ministry, social media platforms have been asked to comply with the obligations. Along with this, it has been asked to stop misinformation immediately within the strictly prescribed time limit under Information Technology rules.