Information about finding cartridges in Air India flight coming from Dubai to Delhi came to light on Saturday (2 November). The incident happened on 27 October. The spokesperson of the airlines said, as soon as flight AI916 landed at Delhi airport, a cartridge was found in the pocket of one of its seats, after which all the passengers were safely disembarked. The airlines have also lodged a complaint about this. The matter of finding cartridges came to light at a time when the series of fake bomb threats in flights is continuing. On Saturday, a bomb threat was received in an Indian Airlines flight going from Kathmandu to New Delhi. More than 500 flights have received bomb threats within 16 days between 14 and 29 October. All these turned out to be fake in the investigation. 3 accused of giving bomb threats arrested
Meanwhile, Jagdish Uike, an accused of giving bomb threats in planes, has been arrested from Gondia in Maharashtra. Nagpur Police said on Friday that he was sent a notice to appear for investigation, after which he surrendered on 31 October. The police had identified him on October 29 in the case of bomb threats in planes. The accused has also written a book on terrorism. The Nagpur police team traced the accused by investigating fake emails. Special police teams were formed to catch the accused. He has also been arrested in a case in 2021. Delhi Police also arrested 25-year-old Shubham Upadhyay on October 26. He had posted two fake bomb threats on flights at IGI Airport on October 25. He did this to become famous. Earlier, Mumbai Police had detained a 17-year-old minor from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. To trap his friend in a money transaction dispute, he created an account in his name and posted false reports of bombs in 4 flights on October 14. Fake bomb threat calls cause a loss of Rs 1400 crore Airlines companies have suffered a loss of Rs 1200 to 1400 crore due to bomb threats on domestic and international flights. According to airline sources, during emergency landing, passengers’ stay, grounding of the flight and crew cost between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 4 crore. The airport where emergency landing takes place has to pay the charge. More than 200 passengers and crew are kept in the hotel, their food is arranged. After this, new crew is arranged. This increases the cost of airlines. Center issues advisory to social media platforms The central government has taken a tough stand on these threats. The IT Ministry had issued an advisory on October 26 and told social media platforms that if they do not remove such false information immediately, then the immunity they get under the IT Act will be revoked. The ministry said that such information will have to be removed immediately and the information will also have to be given to the concerned authorities. ………………………………. Also read these news related to bomb threats in flights… NIA deploys cyber wing at international airports: More than 400 threats were received in 2 weeks. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has deployed officers of its cyber wing at international airports on 28 October, after receiving bomb threats to more than 400 flights in two weeks. Read full news… Khalistani terrorist Pannu threatens to blow up Air India flight Amidst the constant bomb threats on flights, on Monday 21 October, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has threatened to blow up an Air India flight. Pannu said – This year is the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Sikh riots. More than 13 thousand Sikhs were killed in the riots. These included women and children as well. Read full news…
