12 Bombers Target 6 IndiGo Flights: Threat Sent To Bengaluru Airport Command Centre

A bomb threat message was received at the Bengaluru airport command center via an anonymous account on X (formerly Twitter). The alarming message claimed that there were 12 bombers distributed across six IndiGo flights, with two bombers allegedly on each aircraft.

The flights identified in the threat include IX233, IX375, IX481, IX383, IX549, and IX399. Authorities are currently investigating the situation and have implemented heightened security measures at the airport.

There is no end to hoax bomb threats to various Indian air carriers as over 90 flights received threats in the last one week, with 25 of them on Sunday. Several government agencies including intelligence, security are probing these developments as it remains a top priority for the government. A few days ago, Civil Aviation ministry said that most of these threat messages were being sent by minors and pranksters based in abroad. Let's take a deep-dive on this issue: 

1. As many as 25 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday, causing hardships to hundreds of passengers and forcing authorities to move scores of planes to isolation bays at airports concerned for detailed checks.
2. The developments came a day after more than 30 flights of various Indian carriers received bomb threats.
3. This week, nearly 100 flights received threats sending security agencies into a tizzy. The threats later turned out to be hoaxes.
4. Six flights each of IndiGo, Vistara, Air India and Akasa Air, and at least one flight of Air India Express received the threats on Sunday, according to sources.
5. In separate statements, an IndiGo spokesperson said the airline is cognisant of a situation involving flight 6E 58 (Jeddah to Mumbai), 6E87 (Kozhikode to Dammam), 6E11 (Delhi to Istanbul), 6E17 (Mumbai to Istanbul), 6E133 (Pune to Jodhpur) and 6E112 operating ( Goa to Ahmedabad). Passengers of these flights disembarked safely.
6. Vistara said it got security threats for six flights -- UK25 (Delhi to Frankfurt), UK106 (Singapore to Mumbai), UK146 (Bali to Delhi), UK116 (Singapore to Delhi), UK110 (Singapore to Pune) and UK107 (Mumbai to Singapore).
7. "In line with the protocols, all relevant authorities were immediately notified, and security procedures, as directed by them, are being carried out," a Vistara spokesperson said in a statement.
8. Security alerts were received for six Akasa Air flights -- QP1102 (Ahmedabad to Mumbai), QP 1378 (Delhi to Goa ), QP 1385 (Mumbai to Bagdogra), QP 1406 (Delhi to Hyderabad), QP 1519 (Kochi to Mumbai) and QP 1526 (Lucknow to Mumbai).
9. The sources also said there were threats for at least six flights of Air India flights. There was no comment from the airline.
10. An Air India Express flight IX481 from Kochi to Dammam received the bomb threat and the flight landed safely at Dammam, the sources said.