More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported Sunday, sparking fear among passengers and global delays.The global impact of delays and diversions has been heavy on airline schedules and costs.

Safety and security are of utmost importance in aviation, which is why even seemingly non-credible threats from anonymous or unverified social media accounts can significantly disrupt flight operations.

The trend of bomb threats targeting domestic airlines persisted for the fourth consecutive day, with two international flights—one from Vistara and one from IndiGo—being threatened on Thursday. This follows a series of incidents on Wednesday,

Several Indian airlines, including IndiGo, Vistara, Akasa Air, and Air India, received bomb threats affecting 24 flights, many of which turned out to be hoaxes. Authorities initiated security protocols,

As many as 24 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday, according to sources. IndiGo, Vistara, Akasa Air and Air India and Akasa Air are among the airlines that received bomb threats, including international flights, they added. Six flights each of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India received the threats.

Amid the wave of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines, with as many as 70 such posts made during the current week, nearly 70% were from a single source: an anonymous and unverified account on X that posted threats to 46 domestic and international flights of Indian carriers in two days.

More than 20 flights from various Indian airlines, including IndiGo, Vistara, and Air India, received bomb threats on Sunday. The threats were immediately reported to authorities. Emergency protocols were initiated.

After a wave of hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines over the past four days, the Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Zulfiquar Hasan, held a meeting with airline representatives at the BCAS headquarters in Delhi on Saturday to address the situation.

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported on Sunday (Oct 20), sparking global delays and fear among passeng

An anonymous account on the X platform was reportedly behind bomb threats to at least 40 flights. India has threatened ‘very strict action’.

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