Airlines and airports in India received a total of 999 hoax bomb threats from the start of this year until Nov 14, nearly ten times more than in the whole of 2023, the country's deputy civil aviation minister told parliame

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Indian airlines, airports received 999 hoax bomb threats so far this year

The spike in incidents, including more than 500 threats made in the last two weeks of October, has led to rising costs for airlines.

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A Vistara Airlines plane en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt made an emergency landing on September 6, 2024, due to a bomb threat.Hilmi Tunahan Karakaya/Anadolu via Getty ImagesIndia's airlines have received 999 hoax bomb threats this year, according to an Indian official.He said there were 500 bomb threats in the last two weeks of October alone, but all were hoaxes.Hoaxes are inflating airlines' costs and security checks, an aviation risk company…

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India's airlines have received 999 hoax bomb threats this year

India’s airlines and airports reportedly received nearly 1,000 fake bomb threats as of early November, disrupting flight schedules and wreaking havoc on services. Murlidhar Mohol, the country’s deputy civil aviation minister, told parliament that 999 bogus threats had been received as of Nov. 14, with more than half of them coming in the last two weeks of October, the BBC reported. That was nearly 10 times the number of threats made in 2023 and …

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Indian Airlines Suffer Through 1,000 Hoax Bomb Scares

Indian airlines and airports have received 999 fake bomb threats this year as of November 14, the country's deputy civil aviation minister told Parliament. This is almost 10 times more than the threats received in 2023, said Murlidhar Mohol, minister of state for cooperation and civil aviation in the Indian central government. And it's a major trend. Thus, more than 500 of the year's threats were received in the last two weeks of October alone. …

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India: nearly 1,000 false bomb threats in less than a year

India’s airlines and airports received 999 hoax bomb threats this year as of 14 November, the country’s deputy civil aviation minister told its parliament. This was nearly 10 times more than the threats received in 2023, Mr Murlidhar Mohol said. More than 500 of the year’s threats were received just in the last two weeks of October. The dramatic surge in hoax threats had wreaked havoc on flight schedules, causing widespread disruption in service…

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Indian Airlines Hit by nearly 1,000 Hoax Bomb Threats - TV360 Nigeria

India’s aviation sector has been rocked by an unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats, with airlines and airports receiving a staggering 999 such alerts between January 1 and November 14. This figure, nearly ten times the total number reported in… The post Indian Airlines and Airports Grapple with Surge of Nearly 1,000 Hoax Bomb Threats in 2024 appeared first on The Asia Live.

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Indian Airlines and Airports Grapple with Surge of Nearly 1,000 Hoax Bomb Threats in 2024

Indian airlines have been the target of nearly 1,000 bomb hoaxes in 2024 so far, with over 600 fake threats made in October alone, according to a government minister.   On November 27, 2024, India’s deputy civil aviation minister Murlidhar Mohol told the country’s parliament that as of November 14, 2024, there had been a huge rise in bomb threats compared with previous years.  According to Times of India, Mohol said: “As many as 27 hoax bomb thr…

Indian airlines, airports received 999 hoax bomb threats so far this year

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