New Delhi: At least 50 planes operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday. Two of them were diverted. More than 380 flights have received such false threats in 14 days. Due to this, domestic and international flights are being affected. Most of the threats were given through internet media. Akasa Air said that 15 of its flights received security alerts and after thorough inspection all the planes were found fit for operation.

18 IndiGo flights and 17 Vistara flights received threats. An official said that at least two IndiGo flights were diverted following the threat. Pune to Jodhpur flight was diverted to Ahmedabad and Kozhikode to Dammam (Saudi Arabia) flight was diverted to Mumbai.

Threat to bomb more than 25 planes

Earlier on Friday, more than 25 domestic and international flights had received bomb threats. News agency PTI quoted an IndiGo spokesperson as saying that 7 of its flights, including 6E 87 from Kozhikode to Dammam, had received security alerts. Sources told the agency that about 7 flights each of IndiGo, Vistara and SpiceJet received threats, while 6 flights of Air India received threats.

Bomb threat received for the fourth time in 10 days

This is the fourth time in the last 10 days that a flight landing at Jodhpur airport received a bomb threat. The flight was landed in Ahmedabad and after security checks, the threat turned out to be fake.

Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister K Ramamohan Naidu said in Visakhapatnam that the central government is taking steps to ban criminals who issue false bomb threats. Those who are involved in such activities will be severely punished and fined.

The government is imposing a ban on flying

The government is also taking steps to prevent such people from flying. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating two flights between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, Naidu said the government is taking assistance from international agencies, law enforcement branches and the Intelligence Bureau to stop these fake threats. Apart from this, the government is also considering amending two civil aviation laws.