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New Delhi: Fake information about bombs in planes has created a big problem for the airlines as well as the passengers. Security has been tightened at most airports in the country, starting from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, due to which passengers are facing a lot of problems and there is an atmosphere of fear among them. Despite all the problems, due to the festival season, the planes are coming and going full.

There was chaos at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali on Saturday due to the threat of bombing the planes. After nearly two hours of investigation, the agencies could not find anything. Dr. Monica Singla, senior neurologist of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, had to face a lot of trouble.

Many passengers start crying

He told that IndiGo flight left for Mohali from Visakhapatnam at 10 am. On reaching Mohali at 12.45 pm, the passengers were not allowed to disembark from the plane for 40 minutes. After a thorough check, they were taken out of the plane. After this, another check was done where there were sleeper dogs and scanners.

After the investigation, they were made to sit in buses parked away from the runway. When asked the reason, the officials did not give any answer, due to which the fear among the passengers increased. Many passengers started crying. After one and a half hours of sitting in the bus, they got water to drink. There was nothing to eat. They sat in the bus for two and a half hours.

After receiving a bomb threat to a SpiceJet flight flying from Delhi, a thorough search was conducted at Bihar's Darbhanga airport from Saturday afternoon till evening. Nothing was recovered in the thorough search for about two and a half hours. All flights after noon could take off only after the investigation.

It costs a lot to arrange for another flight

After the emergency landing at Jaipur International Airport on Friday night, the passengers had to remain seated in the plane for hours. - Airlines operations are being greatly affected An airline spokesperson in Delhi accepted that the airlines operations are being greatly affected due to bomb threats in the plane. In such a situation, the plane has to land at the nearest airport instead of the designated airport. This not only increases the fuel consumption, but it also costs a lot in arranging for the passengers to stay in hotels and for arranging another plane to take them to their destination.

Security has been beefed up at the international airport

Parking charges have to be paid for the aircraft at the airport. If a passenger has a connecting flight, compensation has to be paid for it. Security increased at the airport: Security has been increased at Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport. CISF officials said that the bomb threat committee has issued an alert after a meeting.

Threats have no effect on Indore airport

IndiGo flight 6E399 from Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport to Goa could take off at 3:21 pm instead of 2:35 pm. Nilesh Mishra, a passenger in the flight, said that delay and on top of that no response has become a daily affair. Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport Authority spokesperson Siddharth Yadav said that there is no lapse in security, we are fully alert. No effect of the threats was seen at the busiest Indore Airport. Everything is normal at Himachal Pradesh's Kangra Airport.

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