On Tuesday 22 October alone, around 50 flights, including 13 each of IndiGo and Air India received bomb threats

The Centre came down heavily during a virtual meeting called by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with officials of airlines, and social media giants X and Meta.

With a surge of hoax bomb threats affecting both domestic and international flights, the central government has sharply criticized social media platform X (formerly Twitter) for its inadequate handling of the situation, labeling its actions as "abetting the crime."

Over two weeks, Indian airlines had received bomb threats affecting more than 120 flights, according to a media report.

The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers. In less than two weeks,

Six flights from India declared emergencies within 30 minutes of each other. It comes as fake bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on Indian airlines.

Indian airlines have been targeted with more than 100 hoax bomb threats in the last week, affecting the global aviation network both across the country and beyond its shores.

India's aviation minister said Monday he wanted to tighten laws after more than 90 fake bomb threats against Indian airlines in the past week triggered travel chaos and terror.

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

The dramatic escalation in the spate of hoax alerts has thrown the aviation sector into disarray, increasing the carriers’ logistical burden and expenses