Reportedly amid the ongoing bomb threats targeting indian airlines, prime minister Narendra Modi has advised the “whole of government” approach. According to sources, the government is taking the hoax bomb threat messages and calls “seriously”. It has been learnt that the central government has been able to trace many of the threat messages and action is being taken accordingly in the matter.
Perhaps in addition to this, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information technology pulled Meta and X on Wednesday, through which most of these hoaxes were circulated. The wave of bomb threats targeting key indian airlines continued unabated on thursday with over 85 flights receiving fresh threats within a span of 24 hours. These threats targeted 20 flights from air India, 20 from Indogo, 20 from Vistara and another 25 from Akasa Airlines.
Moreover over 85 flights on thursday received fresh threats within a span of 24 hours. These threats targeted 20 flights from air India, 20 from IndiGo, 20 from Vistara and another 25 from Akasa air, according to the latest tally. In little over a week, more than 170 flights operated by indian carriers have received bomb threats. The central government is planning wide-ranging legislative actions to deal with bomb threats to airlines, including placing the perpetrators on the no-fly list.
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