Bengaluru Airport received a bomb threat claiming 12 bombers on six IndiGo flights, prompting heightened security measures and investigations.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

The message claimed that there were 12 bombers spread across six Indigo flights, with two bombers on each plane. The flights mentioned were IX233, IX375, IX481, IX383, IX549, and IX399.

Multiple Indian airlines, including IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, and Akasa Air, received bomb threats on October 20 2024

As many as six IndiGo flights received fresh bomb threats on Sunday amid a spate of hoaxes. Here are the details:

On Sunday, more than 20 flights operated by IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, and Akasa Air, including international routes, received bomb threats. Vistara confirmed threats for six of its flights, while other airlines,

The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to put in place strict norms to prevent incidents of hoax bomb threats to airlines, including placing the perpetrators in the no-fly list.

IndiGo, in an official statement, said that it remains committed to upholding the highest standards of security and is acting swiftly to address any potential risks.

Amid the wave of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines, with as many as 70 such posts made during the current week, nearly 70% were from a single source: an anonymous and unverified account on X that posted threats to 46 domestic and international flights of Indian carriers in two days.

Jamnagar Superintendent of Police Premsukh Delu told The Indian Express that the airline's headquarters received the bomb threat and not the airport or police.