Over 20 flights of various Indian airlines receive bomb threats

More than 20 flights of various Indian airlines have received bomb threats since Saturday morning sources told news agency PTIFlights of Air India IndiGo Akasa Air Vistara SpiceJet Star Air and Alliance Air have received the threats the sources told PTIAmong them are IndiGos flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul and Jodhpur to Delhi as well as Vistaras flight from Udaipur to MumbaiIndiGo in two separate statements said it is cognisant of a situation involving flight 6E 17 from Mumbai to Istanbul and flight 6E 11 from Delhi to Istanbul reported PTIThe airline is working closely with the relevant authorities and taking all necessary precautions as per the guidelines reported PTIFlight 6E 184 operating from Jodhpur to Delhi received a securityrelated alert The aircraft has landed in Delhi and customers have disembarked the aircraft we are coordinating with the security agencies as per procedure the airline said in another statement reported PTIVistara said that shortly before landing flight UK 624 en route to Mumbai from Udaipur had a security concern and upon landing at the Mumbai airport the plane was taken to the isolation bay for mandatory checks reported PTIThe sources told PTI more than 20 flights have received bomb threats since Saturday morningOn Friday three international flights of Vistara received bomb threats which turned out to be hoaxes and one of the flights was diverted to Frankfurt as a precautionary measureIn the past few days more than 40 flights operated by the Indian airlines have received bomb threats which later turned out to be hoaxesFlights receive hoax bomb threat govt mulls strict actionThe pattern of domestic airlines receiving bomb threats continued for a fourth day with multiple flights being targeted Thursday as authorities suspended or blocked about 10 social media handles for posting threatsAmong the flights that received threats on Thursday four were of Air India Express two of Vistara and one Indigo Air India said a number of their flights also received hoax bomb threat but they did not specify the numberA number of Air India flights received a security threat on social media today These have been duly reported to the regulatory bodies and all laid down procedures were strictly followed as per guidance of the regulatory bodies All flights have made a safe landing Air India is committed to and accords top priority to the safety and security of its passengers and crew an Air India official told PTIWith inputs from PTI