India flight from Frankfurt hit with latest fake threat

Bengaluru, India — 

The latest successful a drawstring of hoax threats made against Indian airlines targeted a formation from Germany, the hose said Thursday, with the level landing safely successful Mumbai.

More than a twelve fake weaponry threats person been made against flights operated by aggregate Indian aerial services this week, prompting authorities and civilian aviation authorities to pass that "very strict action" volition beryllium taken.

India's Vistara hose said Thursday that its rider pitchy flying from Frankfurt to Mumbai the time earlier had received a "security threat" connected societal media, but landed safely astatine its planned destination.

"We are afloat cooperating with the information agencies to implicit the mandatory information checks," Vistara said successful a statement.

India's aviation curate Ram Mohan Naidu said precocious Wednesday that the constabulary had arrested "a insignificant liable for issuing weaponry threats" against 3 flights.

"All others liable for the disruptions volition beryllium identified and duly prosecuted," Naidu said.

Flights impacted see an Air India level from New Delhi to Chicago, forced to marque an exigency landing successful Canada connected Tuesday.

On the aforesaid day, Singapore scrambled combatant jets to escort an Air India Express plane.