New Delhi: The 20th bomb threat reported by Indian carriers in a week involved a Vistara flight from Frankfurt to Mumbai, which prompted the pilot to declare a general emergency before landing safely at Mumbai airport early on October 17.
The flight, UK 28, was over Pakistan when it transmitted the code 7700, indicating a general emergency at around 6 am (IST) on October 17, landing in Mumbai at approximately 7:40 am, the Hindustan Times reported.
On October 14, three international flights of Indian carriers received bomb threats. An Air India direct flight from New Delhi to Chicago was diverted to Iqaluit Airport in Canada, after a hoax bomb threat, followed by ten more threats on October 15. At least six more threats were reported the next day. All these threats were communicated through social media platforms and were later confirmed as false. Both major scheduled Indian carriers and smaller regional airlines were affected by these threats.
