Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats in a span of a few days, forcing planes to delay, reroute and make emergency landings – throwing the country’s aviation industry into costly disarray right before one of the biggest ...

Indian airlines have faced a surge in bomb threats, affecting over 275 flights within 12 days. Many threats come from social media, prompting security alerts across various carriers. The government is actively working to address these disruptive hoax threats through legislative measures and collaboration with social media platforms.

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers.

Bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on multiple Indian airlines. Indian authorities said they were looking to increase punishments for perpetrators.

More than 80 domestic and international flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats on October 24. In 11 days, more than 250 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats.

The bomb threats targeting Indian airlines continued to escalate unabated on Friday with over six SpiceJet flights receiving fresh threats, said officials.Signalling a worrying trend, over 70 flights received fresh threats within a span of 24 hours on Thursday.