Due to the threat, the Indigo flight made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport.
Bomb threats were received on 7 flights on Tuesday. The Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago was also among the threatened flights. After that, it was diverted to Canada. The plane landed at Iqaluit airport in Canada. Here the passengers and their luggage were checked in.
According to Flight 24’s radar, the plane took off from Delhi at 3 am today and was expected to reach Chicago at 4:30 pm. At the same time, an Indigo flight had to make an emergency landing in Jaipur after receiving a threat.
At the same time, when the Air India Express flight from Madurai to Singapore received a threat, the Singapore Air Force sent two F-15SG fighter jets to provide security. These planes took the flight to Changi Airport.
Due to threats to 7 flights throughout the day, security agencies conducted anti-terrorism exercises at many airports. The investigation revealed that all the threats were sent by the same person on social media platform X. Due to which several hundred passengers had to face problems. But these threats later turned out to be false.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation also convened a high-level meeting regarding continued bomb threats on flights.
According to Flight Radar 24, the flight took place at Iqaluit airport in Canada.
6 threatened flights took off from India
On October 14, 3 flights received bomb threats On October 14, three planes taking off from Mumbai were the subject of bomb threats. The first flight was Air India from Mumbai to New York. It was diverted to Delhi. The second flight was that of Indigo, which was going from Mumbai to Muscat. The third flight was from Mumbai to Jeddah.
Bomb messages were sent to all flights from 4 different handles on X social media.
Handkerchief written with threat found in toilet of London-Delhi flight Earlier on October 9, there was a stir over reports of a bomb on Vistara airline flight UK18 from London to Delhi. Around 3.5 hours before the flight reached Delhi, a passenger saw a threatening tissue paper in the plane’s toilet. He informed the crew member.
The flight landed in Delhi and was taken to the isolation bay, where the luggage of all passengers was checked in. However, nothing comparable to a bomb was found. After this, questions were raised that despite the information received about the bomb, the plane continued to fly in the air for 3 and a half hours. Police questioned the crew members as to why the plane was brought to Delhi despite reports of the blast.
Permission to land could only be requested in a neighboring country. When questioned by police, the pilot and crew members said there was a risk the plane would be hijacked if the plane landed en route. To avoid this, the flight was taken directly to Delhi. here…
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Threat to bomb Indore airport: email sent to security manager, security tightened; The Mahakal temple was also threatened with explosion
Devi Ahilya Bai International Airport in Indore received a bomb threat on October 4. Since then, security has been increased throughout the area, including at the airport. Security agencies constantly monitor incoming and outgoing flights. However, no information has been received at this time about the sender of the email.