The airport police arrested a Bangalore resident who made a hoax call to Akasa Air claiming there was a bomb on a flight. It was later revealed that the accused had panicked and called because his wife had missed the flight.  

The matter had come to light on February 24, when an Akasa Air representative approached the airport police station to register an FIR against an unknown person. As per the FIR, the airline had received a call on February 24 where the caller said “There is a flight at 6.40 pm, Mumbai to Bangalore. There is a bomb on that flight.”