IndiGo Airlines has reported a series of fresh threats affecting 10 of its flights, mainly on international routes, this morning. The incidents, involving multiple hoax calls, have pushed the total number of such threats received by the airline this week to over 100.

A total of ten flights operated by IndiGo Airlines received bomb threats on Tuesday. Of these, seven flights were being operated on international routes while three were domestic flights. This comes amid a series of hoax threats issued to several airlines in the last few days.

The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats, the sources in the know said.

At least 30 flights operated by Indian airlines, operated on both domestic and international routes, reportedly received bomb threats on Monday night. The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats,

Security personnel keep a vigil after a flight made an emergency landing at the airport following an alleged bomb threat, in Jodhpur, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. In little over a week, more than 120 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats. | Photo Credit: PTI

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

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.

Bomb scares have thrown Indian aviation into turmoil by forcing emergency diversions, landings, and evacuations of flights

Although all these calls were hoaxes, passengers had to face immense hardships and airport security infrastructure was under immense stress.

On Sunday, six Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flights received bomb threats through an anonymous post on X (formerly Twitter), claiming there were two bombers on each of the planes. This incident brings the total number of such threats to nearly 200 in just a week,