A Dubai-Jaipur Air India flight made an emergency touchdown on the Jaipur International airport within the early hours of Saturday attributable to a bomb risk, which later turned out to be a hoax, officers mentioned.
After authorities have been alerted concerning the bomb risk, an emergency was declared on the Jaipur airport. The flight with 189 passengers onboard landed safely on the airport at 1.20 am, an official mentioned. Air India Express flight quantity IX-196 acquired a bomb risk on Saturday at 12:45 am.
The airplane was checked totally however nothing suspicious was discovered, he mentioned. This is the most recent in a sequence of bomb threats acquired by varied airways on home and worldwide routes. Most threats have been acquired via social media and all of them turned out to be hoaxes.
Vistara’s Delhi-London flight diverted to Frankfurt after bomb risk
A London-bound Vistara flight from Delhi was diverted to Frankfurt after a bomb risk that later turned out to be a hoax, an official mentioned on Saturday. In a press release early this morning, an airline spokesperson mentioned the flight landed safely on the Frankfurt airport. After safety checks, the flight was cleared for take off and later landed at London at round 11.40 pm native time on Friday.
“Vistara flight UK17 operating from Delhi to London on October 18, 2024 received a security threat on social media. In line with the protocol, all relevant authorities were immediately informed and as a precautionary measure, the pilots decided to divert the flight to Frankfurt,” the spokesperson mentioned.
According to the official, the flight had acquired a bomb risk. Meanwhile, Akasa Air mentioned its flight QP 1366 scheduled to fly from Bengaluru to Mumbai on Friday acquired a safety alert shortly earlier than departure.
“Hence as per safety and security procedures, all passengers had to be deplaned as the local authorities followed necessary procedures. We request your understanding as our team on ground did everything possible to reduce inconvenience,” the airline mentioned in a submit on X.
In the previous few days, almost 40 flights operated by the Indian carriers have acquired bomb threats which later turned out to be hoaxes. The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to place in place strict norms to stop incidents of hoax bomb threats to airways, together with putting the perpetrators within the no-fly listing.
(With inputs from Anamika Gaur)
