India
Over 70 flights of various Indian airlines receive bomb threats
New Delhi: More than 70 flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats on Thursday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, reports said around 20 flights each of Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo have got the threats while Akasa Air has got the threats for about 14 flights. In 11 days, nearly 250 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received the bomb threats.
An Akasa Air spokesperson said some of its flights operating today (Thursday) have received security alerts.
Earlier this week, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the government plans to take legislative actions to deal with instances of bomb threats to airlines, including placing perpetrators of such threats in the no-fly list.
