October 16, (THEWILL) – An Akasa Air passenger aircraft flying 184 passengers from New Delhi to the Indian southern city of Bengaluru, was diverted on Wednesday after it “received a security alert” relating to a bomb threat. Another flight, the domestic carrier IndiGo, flying from Mumbai to New Delhi, was diverted to Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The Indian Express newspaper reported 12 domestic and international flights have received bomb threats since Monday, including some messages posted on social media. Singapore scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to escort an Air India Express plane after an email warning about a possible bomb on board. Air India also said on Tuesday that one of its planes from New Delhi to Chicago had to make an emergency landing in Canada because of “a security threat posted online”.

Source: Ethiopian News October 16, 2024 13:04 UTC