Several hoax threats and security alerts were received on multiple Indian airlines, risking the safety of passengers.

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.The global impact of delays and diversions has been heavy on airline schedules and costs.

Even though the threats turned out to be hoaxes and all flights landed safely, planes were still diverted to Canada and Germany

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

A day after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) held a meeting with the representatives of airlines, as many as 24 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday. Reportedly, flights of IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, Air India Express and Akasa Air received the threats.

A passenger on board the plane at the centre of the bomb threat says they found out what was happening from a news report. A passenger says they were held on board for an hour and a half because of a "bomb scare". A passenger on the Air New Zealand flight that suffered a bomb scare says it was more scary in retrospect.

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported on Sunday (Oct 20), sparking global delays and fear among passeng

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 Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is in talks with the other concerned ministries to make required amendments in the existing laws to make them more stringent to deal with the cases of hoax bomb threats for flights,

So far this week, more than 70 domestic and international flights of Indian airlines have received bomb threats, with all of them turning out to be hoaxes.

Amid a surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines, officials from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) held a meeting with airline representatives at the agency's headquarters in Delhi on Saturday.