Akasa Air, IndiGo flights get bomb threats

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.

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.