More than 80 flights receive bomb threats on Thursday

PTI New Delhi: More than 80 domestic and international flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats on Thursday, according to sources. The sources said around 20 flights each of Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo got bomb threats while Akasa Air got the threats for 13 flights. Besides, around 5 flights each of Alliance Air and SpiceJet received the threats, they added. In 11 days, more than 250 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats. An IndiGo spokesperson in a statement on Thursday said it received security-related alerts for 20 flights.

The flights include 6E 362 (Hyderabad to Goa), 6E 334, (Kolkata to Hyderabad), 6E 235 (Kolkata to Bengaluru), 6E 236 (Bengaluru to Kolkata), 6E 11 (Delhi to Istanbul), 6E 17 (Mumbai to Istanbul), 6E 58 (Jeddah to Mumbai) and 6E 125 (Bengaluru to Jharsuguda). Others are 6E 133 (Pune to Jodhpur), 6E 135 (Kolkata to Pune), 6E 149 (Hyderabad to Bagdogra), 6E 196 (Kochi to Bengaluru), 6E 304 (Kochi to Hyderabad), 6E 201 (Guwahati to Kolkata), 6E 282 (Delhi to Aizwal) and 6E 277 (Ahmedabad to Lucknow). According to the spokesperson, 6E 265 (Jaipur to Chennai), 6E 259 (Goa to Kolkata), 6E 112 (Chandigarh to Ahmedabad) and 6E 394 (Guwahati to Kolkata) also received security threats. An Akasa Air spokesperson said 13 of its flights operating on Thursday received security alerts.