Indian Airplane Also Sends British Fighter In Threat Of Bombing More Than A Decade This Week
Oct 18, 2024
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According to the British media Daily Mail, Air India Flight AIC129, which departed Mumbai, India, for London, England on the 17th (local time), was threatened with a bombing.
The captain told the air traffic controller that there was something suspected of being a bomb on board," he said, requesting an emergency landing.
As a result, RAF fighter jets scrambled and the Air India plane was able to land at London Heathrow Airport after hovering in international waters for about 90 minutes.
Earlier, Air India reportedly received an e-mail threatening the installation of a bomb.
British police and military explosives disposal teams investigated the interior of the plane and found no threatening objects such as bombs.
The problem is the continued threat of bombing Indian airline planes.
This week alone, there were reportedly more than a dozen fake bomb threats against flights operated by several Indian airlines.
Indian authorities said they were working with security agencies to determine the authenticity of the terrorist threat and to arrest the suspects.
Earlier on the 15th, I received an e-mail saying that there was a bomb on the Air India Express 'AXB684' plane heading to Singapore from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Air India Express is an Indian Air India-affiliated low-cost airline (LCC).
At that time, the Singapore Air Force had two F-15 fighter jets to be escorted.
On the 14th, an Air India flight from New Delhi, India to Chicago, USA made an emergency landing in Ikaluit, Canada due to the threat of explosion, and an Air India Express flight from Jaipur, India to Ayodhya on the same day was also threatened with explosion.
The Air India plane, which was flying from Mumbai, India to New York, USA, also returned to New Delhi due to the threat of an explosion.
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