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Passenger Suspects Bomb In Bag At Kolkata Airport, Turns Out To Be Hoax
Security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane.
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Centre's Big Caution To Social Media Platforms Over Fake Bomb Threats
The spate of fake bomb threats issued to airlines poses a threat to public order, the Centre has told social media platforms while ordering them to remove such misinformation at the earliest.
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"Abetting Crime": Centre Blasts 'X' After 100 Flight Bomb Threats In A Week
Amid a barrage of bomb threats received by airlines over the past few days, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT today blasted social media platform X (formerly Twitter) through which many of these hoaxes were circulated.
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Bomb Threats On Flights: What Security Measures Airlines Take
In the past week,several flights across India received a bomb threats, with nearly 90 incidents reported so far.Although all threats were confirmed to be hoax, the situation left passengers and crew members facing significant inconvenience.
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"Want To Put Culprits On No-Fly List": Aviation Minister On Hoax Bomb Calls
After nearly 100 flights received bomb threats in the week starting October 14, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said safety is the government's top priority and rules are being amended to put people who make such calls on no-fly lists
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After 70 Bomb Threats In 6 Days, Aviation Safety Body Meets Airline CEOs
With flights operated by Indian airlines receiving an unprecedented 70 bomb threats in six days, aviation safety body Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) met the chief executive officers (CEOs) of the airlines in New Delhi today.
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Minor In Custody Over Bomb Threats To Airlines, Wanted To Frame Friend: Cops
A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai Police over a series of bomb threats being issued to various airlines since Monday, leading to some flights being diverted, including to a remote airport in Canada.
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Amid Bomb Hoaxes, Aviation Officials Have "Critical Leads, A Few Suspects"
The worrying flurry of bomb threats to Indian airlines - 12 in the past 48 hours - were discussed in a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on transport, sources told NDTV Wednesday.
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Bomb Threat Forcing Mumbai-Frankfurt Vistara Flight To Land In Turkey "Unfounded"
A bomb threat, which caused a flight operated by India's Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in Erzurum, eastern Turkey two days ago has turned out to be false, according to the local governor.
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Delhi-Srinagar Vistara Flight Receives Bomb Threat, Lands Safely
A Vistara flight bound for Srinagar, carrying 177 passengers and one infant received a bomb threat on Friday, prompting swift action by the airline and security forces.
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Bomb Threat On Air India Flight A Hoax, Plane Back In Air: Official
A US-bound Air India flight made an unscheduled landing in London for what the airline initially called a "bomb threat". Minutes later, the tweet was deleted without any update being offered. Much later, news agency Reuters reported that an airline official said it was a hoax.
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GoAir Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Kolkata, Bomb Threat Declared Hoax
A Kolkata-bound GoAir flight made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport this evening after a bomb threat letter was received, news agency ANI has reported, quoting an airline official.
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Mumbai Millionaire Planted 'Hijack' Threat On Plane Over Girlfriend: Cops
A millionaire jeweler from Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly planting a note threatening a bomb and a hijack in the toilet of a Jet Airways flight, all because he wanted his girlfriend to quit the airline and live with him. Birju Kishore Salla, a frequent flyer, is the first to be arrested under a tough new anti-hijacking law which carries a m...
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Man Charged For Allegedly Threatening To Blow Up Malaysia Airlines Flight
A Sri Lankan man living in Australia was charged today for allegedly threatening to blow up a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur.
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Passenger Suspects Bomb In Bag At Kolkata Airport, Turns Out To Be Hoax
Security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane.
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Centre's Big Caution To Social Media Platforms Over Fake Bomb Threats
The spate of fake bomb threats issued to airlines poses a threat to public order, the Centre has told social media platforms while ordering them to remove such misinformation at the earliest.
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"Abetting Crime": Centre Blasts 'X' After 100 Flight Bomb Threats In A Week
Amid a barrage of bomb threats received by airlines over the past few days, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT today blasted social media platform X (formerly Twitter) through which many of these hoaxes were circulated.
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Bomb Threats On Flights: What Security Measures Airlines Take
In the past week,several flights across India received a bomb threats, with nearly 90 incidents reported so far.Although all threats were confirmed to be hoax, the situation left passengers and crew members facing significant inconvenience.
-
"Want To Put Culprits On No-Fly List": Aviation Minister On Hoax Bomb Calls
After nearly 100 flights received bomb threats in the week starting October 14, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said safety is the government's top priority and rules are being amended to put people who make such calls on no-fly lists
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After 70 Bomb Threats In 6 Days, Aviation Safety Body Meets Airline CEOs
With flights operated by Indian airlines receiving an unprecedented 70 bomb threats in six days, aviation safety body Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) met the chief executive officers (CEOs) of the airlines in New Delhi today.
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Minor In Custody Over Bomb Threats To Airlines, Wanted To Frame Friend: Cops
A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai Police over a series of bomb threats being issued to various airlines since Monday, leading to some flights being diverted, including to a remote airport in Canada.
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Amid Bomb Hoaxes, Aviation Officials Have "Critical Leads, A Few Suspects"
The worrying flurry of bomb threats to Indian airlines - 12 in the past 48 hours - were discussed in a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on transport, sources told NDTV Wednesday.
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Bomb Threat Forcing Mumbai-Frankfurt Vistara Flight To Land In Turkey "Unfounded"
A bomb threat, which caused a flight operated by India's Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in Erzurum, eastern Turkey two days ago has turned out to be false, according to the local governor.
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Delhi-Srinagar Vistara Flight Receives Bomb Threat, Lands Safely
A Vistara flight bound for Srinagar, carrying 177 passengers and one infant received a bomb threat on Friday, prompting swift action by the airline and security forces.
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Bomb Threat On Air India Flight A Hoax, Plane Back In Air: Official
A US-bound Air India flight made an unscheduled landing in London for what the airline initially called a "bomb threat". Minutes later, the tweet was deleted without any update being offered. Much later, news agency Reuters reported that an airline official said it was a hoax.
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GoAir Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Kolkata, Bomb Threat Declared Hoax
A Kolkata-bound GoAir flight made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport this evening after a bomb threat letter was received, news agency ANI has reported, quoting an airline official.
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Mumbai Millionaire Planted 'Hijack' Threat On Plane Over Girlfriend: Cops
A millionaire jeweler from Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly planting a note threatening a bomb and a hijack in the toilet of a Jet Airways flight, all because he wanted his girlfriend to quit the airline and live with him. Birju Kishore Salla, a frequent flyer, is the first to be arrested under a tough new anti-hijacking law which carries a m...
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Man Charged For Allegedly Threatening To Blow Up Malaysia Airlines Flight
A Sri Lankan man living in Australia was charged today for allegedly threatening to blow up a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur.
