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The civil aviation ministry can also be seeking to take motion to sort out the menace of the hoax bomb threats to airways
In 15 days, over 410 home and worldwide flights operated by the Indian carriers have acquired hoax bomb threats. (PTI photograph)
A minimum of seven flights of India-based carriers backward and forward Kolkata acquired bomb risk messages by means of social media posts on Monday, officers at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Worldwide (NSCBI) Airport right here stated.
The threats, nevertheless, turned out to be a hoax and flights had been operated.
“It was learnt round 2.45 pm that messages had been posted on X deal with ‘I wanna slit your throat’ that bombs had been planted inside seven flights associated to the Kolkata airport,” the Director of NSCBI airport, Dr Pravat Ranjan Beuria, stated.
Of the seven, 5 had been of Indigo and two had been of Vistara, he stated.
The posts talked about the sure variety of flights of each airways, during which bombs had allegedly been positioned.
Beuria stated that every one officers involved had been knowledgeable and responsibility personnel had been alerted.
The Bomb Risk Evaluation Committee (BTAC) held a gathering after which the threats had been declared “non-specific”, stated Beuria, who can also be the Chairman of the panel.
In view of the bomb threats, the BTAC determined to comply with the SOP to thwart any untoward incident.
The BTAC committee additionally instructed all to comply with pointers to keep away from panic conditions in Bomb threats, he stated.
In 15 days, over 410 home and worldwide flights operated by the Indian carriers have acquired hoax bomb threats.
In opposition to this backdrop, the IT Ministry has requested social media platforms to look at due diligence obligations and promptly take away or disable entry to misinformation throughout the strict timelines prescribed beneath IT guidelines.
The civil aviation ministry can also be seeking to take motion to sort out the menace of the hoax bomb threats to airways.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
