100 bomb threats this week: Flight regulator works to find solution

Airline Bomb Threat: Over 90 flights across India, including 25 flights on Sunday, have received bomb threats over the past week, triggering security alerts at airports. The bomb threats, all of which turned out be hoaxes, caused hardships to passengers as authorities were forced to move the planes isolation bays at concerned airports for detailed checks.

According to officials, as many as 25 flights, six each of IndiGo, Vistara, Air India and Akasa Air, and at least one flight of Air India Express, received bomb threats on Sunday, a day after 30 flights of of various Indian carriers received similar threats, which turned out be hoaxes.

Citing sources, a PTI report said that nearly 100 flights have received bomb threats this week, sending security agencies into a tizzy.