Air India passengers arriving in New York from Mumbai on Saturday were delayed by a hoax bomb threat, adding to a string of false alarms the carrier has received this month.

The Star Air flight from Punjab had landed in UP at 2.20 pm and took off around 6.30 pm after a four-hour delay.

An anonymous account on the X platform was reportedly behind bomb threats to at least 40 flights. India has threatened ‘very strict action’.

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported Sunday, sparking fear among passengers and global delays.

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A hoax bomb threat targeting the Hyderabad-Chandigarh flight led to extensive security measures at Chandigarh Airport, affecting several other flights across India. Authorities confirmed no suspicious items were found and are investigating the source of the threat.

Over 70 flights operated by Indian airlines, including Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, and Vistara received bomb threats this week

Even as the intelligence and cyber security agencies are grappling to ascertain the origin and people or organisation behind the recent repeated hoax bomb threats to airlines in India and their actual intent,

A plane with 147 people on board made an emergency landing in Germany over a bomb threat sent via X, police have said. The Indian carrier Vistara was already targeted in September by a bomb threat in a plane toilet.