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Vistara's Frankfurt-Mumbai flight received a bomb threat, following which the flight made an emergency landing in Mumbai. photo file
Vistara's Frankfurt-Mumbai flight UK 028 received a bomb threat on Friday, following which the flight made an emergency landing in Mumbai. The threat of a bomb on the flight was given through social media.
There were 147 passengers on board the flight. After landing, the aircraft was taken to the isolation bay, where all passengers were safely disembarked.
Earlier on Wednesday, bomb threats were received on seven more flights. This includes four flights of Indigo, 2 of SpiceJet and one of Akasa.
A total of 20 planes have received bomb threats in the last 3 days. On October 15, bomb threats were received on 7 flights. Air India Express flight from Delhi to Chicago was also included in these flights. He was diverted to Canada and landed at Iqaluit Airport.
During investigation, the news of bombs in these flights was found to be false. However, security has been increased at all airports. Amid continuous threats, the Center on Wednesday decided to double the number of air marshals on flights. They will remain in plain clothes in the plane. Apart from this, the Home Ministry has sought a report from the Aviation Ministry.
Vistara Airlines (file photo)
Identification of those sending threatening messages – Aviation Ministry
On Wednesday, the Aviation Ministry responded to the parliamentary committee regarding sending threatening messages to airlines. The ministry said that the accused have been identified and action is being taken. Also said that more information is being collected and action is being taken on many such cases.
According to media reports, all cyber units have been instructed to track threatening social media accounts. Most of these accounts are being operated from abroad.
October 15: A person had sent threats, all of them turned out to be false.
On Tuesday, bomb threats were received on 7 flights. Air India's flight from Delhi to Chicago was also included in the flights that were threatened. After this he was diverted to Canada.
The plane landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. Here the passengers and their luggage were checked. Due to threats to 7 flights throughout the day, security agencies conducted counter terrorist drills at many airports.
Investigation revealed that all the threats were sent by the same person on social media platform X. However, later these threats turned out to be false.
October 9: Expanded London-Delhi flight threat tissue paper
Earlier on October 9, there was a stir due to the information of bomb in Vistara airline flight UK18 going from London to Delhi. About 3.5 hours before the flight reached Delhi, a passenger saw a threatening tissue paper in the toilet of the plane. He informed the crew member.
The flight landed in Delhi and was taken to the isolation bay, where the luggage of all the passengers was checked. However, nothing like a bomb was found. After this, questions were raised about the fact that despite receiving information about the bomb, the plane continued to fly in the air for 3 and a half hours. Police questioned the crew members as to why the plane was brought to Delhi despite bomb information.
Permission to land could be sought only in a nearby country. On police questioning, the pilot and crew members said that there was a danger of the plane being hijacked if the flight landed on the way. To avoid this, the flight was brought directly to Delhi.
