New Delhi: Recently, three international planes of aviation company Vistara were threatened with bombs. Later, after investigation, it was found that this threat was false. Officials informed on Saturday that nevertheless, as a precaution, the route of one plane was changed and it was taken to Frankfurt.
A Vistara spokesperson said in a statement that three flights flying from Delhi had received security threats on social media on Friday and as per protocol, all concerned authorities were immediately alerted. Officials said that there were bomb threats on Vistara flights from the national capital Delhi to London, Paris and Hong Kong, which later turned out to be false.
London bound flight received threat
“Vistara flight 'UK17' from Delhi to London was diverted to Frankfurt as a precautionary measure, the spokesperson said. The aircraft landed safely at Frankfurt Airport and we cooperated fully with the authorities in completing the necessary checks, following which the aircraft was cleared to proceed to its destination.”
Paris bound flight received threat
He further said that the plane landed in London at around 11.40 pm on Friday night local time. The airline said that flight number 'UK21' from Delhi to Paris landed safely at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. The aircraft was taken to a different location for mandatory safety checks and was later cleared to fly again.
Flight to Hong Kong received threat
According to the airline, flight 'UK161' from Delhi to Hong Kong landed safely at Hong Kong International Airport and all security procedures were followed. Meanwhile, Akasa Air said in the early hours of Saturday that its flight QP 1366, scheduled to depart from Bengaluru to Mumbai on Friday, had received a security alert shortly before take-off.
The company wrote on social media
“As part of safety procedures, all passengers had to be deboarded as local authorities were required to follow necessary procedures,” the airline wrote on social media platform X. We request you to understand this. Our team has made every possible effort to minimize your inconvenience.”
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An Air India Express flight coming from Dubai to Jaipur had to make an emergency landing at Jaipur airport in the early hours of Saturday after receiving a bomb threat, officials said.
There were 189 passengers on board the plane
However, later this threat also turned out to be false. At that time there were 189 passengers on board the plane. An official said that when the concerned authorities were informed about this, an emergency was declared at the airport. He said that the plane landed safely at the airport at 1.20 pm on Friday. The plane was thoroughly examined but nothing suspicious was found.
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In the last few days, about 40 flights operated by Indian airlines had received bomb threats, although all these were later proved to be false. The Civil Aviation Ministry is planning to implement strict rules, including putting perpetrators on a 'no-fly' list, to stop incidents of false bomb threats being received by airlines. The purpose of this list is to identify unruly passengers and ban them from boarding the aircraft.
(with agency input)
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