A Vistara flight bound for Srinagar on Friday received a bomb threat, prompting swift action by the authorities at the airport. Flight no-UK-611 from Delhi was carrying 178 passengers. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) Srinagar had received an information ‘threatening call’. Following a threat call, the aircraft was immediately directed to an isolation bay upon landing. The operations at the airport were also halted briefly. However, the threat turned out to be a hoax.
All the passengers were safely de-boarded after the plane landed. An airport official confirmed on the phone that the threat was deemed non-credible and normal operations resumed, reported , quoting Srinagar Airport Authorities.
After an exhaustive search, no explosives were found on the plane, PTI quoted officials as saying However, the source of the threat is yet to be known. Officials are investigating the matter.
Over the last few weeks, several hospitals, schools and colleges, and airlines received bomb threats, which turned out to be hoaxes. On May 28, IndiGo’s Delhi-Varanasi flight received a bomb scare. : A tissue paper, with the word ”bomb@5.30” written on it, was found in the lavatory. The threat turned out to be a hoax.
On May 23, Delhi University’s Lady Sri Ram College, Hansraj College and Ramjas College, among others, received threats. Whereas, three hotels in Bengaluru received bomb threats on the same day.
On May 22, the North Block in Delhi, which houses the office of the home ministry, received a bomb threat.
On May 15, at least 10 schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur received bomb threats. On May 14, Tihar Jail received bomb threats. The mail was sent from a Cyprus-based mailing service company.
On May 11, the IGI Airport and the Northern Railways’ CPRO office.
On May 1, around 150 schools received bomb threats, leading to a panic-like situation among schools and parents. The origin of threat emails was traced to a Russia-based mailing service company.
