3 Air India Flights Delhi-Sydney, Delhi-Melbourne, Delhi Frankfurt Receive Bomb Threat

BREAKING: Three Air India flights including Delhi-Sydney, Delhi-Melbourne and Delhi Frankfurt, received bomb threats on Friday. According to reports, all these flights are enroute but so far there is no re-routing or emergency landing.

Air India, in the past 6 months, has been receiving continue bomb threats, affecting flight operations and rushing authorities into panic.  

A couple of days ago, the Ministry of Civil Aviation held a high-level meeting comprising senior officials.

Earlier on Tuesday, an Air India plane carrying 211 people from Delhi to Chicago was diverted to an airport in Canada following a bomb threat, according to officials.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the flight made an emergency landing at Iqaluit, Nunavut, and all the 211 passengers and the crew disembarked.

Air India said flight AI127 operating from Delhi to Chicago on October 15 was the subject of a security threat posted online and, as a precautionary measure, has landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada.

The flight was operated with a Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft.

"The aircraft and passengers are being re-screened as per the laid down security protocol. Air India has activated agencies at the airport to assist the passengers until such time that their journey can resume," the airline said in a statement to PTI.

Officials said the flight received a bomb threat.

Around 1240 am (IST) Wednesday, one of the officials said that local agencies are carrying out security checks of the aircraft. Passengers are in a temperature-controlled area at the airport and have been served refreshments and food, the official added.

In a post on X at 1230 am (IST), Air India said colleagues at the airport are working to arrange the best alternative flight for the passengers to reach their destination at the earliest.

With inputs from PTI