Airlines and airports in India acquired a complete of 999 false bomb threats from the start of this yr till November 14, virtually ten occasions greater than in the entire of 2023, India’s deputy minister informed parliament on Thursday. the nation’s civil aviation (November 28).
The threats to home and worldwide flights had been made primarily via social media, disrupting journey on the earth’s fastest-growing aviation market, and all turned out to be false alarms.
“The current threats had been hoaxes and no actual menace was detected at any of the airports or plane in India,” Minister Murlidhar Mohol informed parliament in a written reply.
In the final two weeks of October alone, greater than 500 bomb threats had been made – greater than the entire remainder of the yr mixed – and 12 individuals had been arrested in reference to the 256 police reviews logged for such threats as of November 14.
