Akasa Air, IndiGo flights get bomb threats
18-Oct-2024The plane then made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital. Later, the threat too turned out to be a hoax.
Two flights - one from Akasa Air and IndiGo - received bomb threats, which later turned out to be hoax calls on Wednesday. This is the 12th incident in the past three days.
Earlier, a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai was diverted to Ahmedabad after it received a hoax bomb threat via social media. The flight carrying nearly 200 passengers and crew had taken off from Mumbai on Tuesday night. The threat was confirmed as a hoax on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, a Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air was forced to return to Delhi after it received a bomb threat. Flight QP1335, carrying 184 passengers, took off from Delhi and an emergency was declared at 1:15 pm.
The plane then made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital. Later, the threat too turned out to be a hoax.
