Besides this, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology summoned Meta and X on Wednesday, through which most of these hoaxes were circulated.
About the bomb threats on Tuesday, a virtual meeting involving several airline officials and various social media platforms was held.
Sources pointed out that Air India and Vistara, amongst others, attended the conference, which Joint Secretary Sanket S Bhondve chaired.
Hours later, on Wednesday, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology blasted social media platform X as hoax messages were circulated.
The wave of bomb threats targeting key Indian airlines continued unabated yesterday, with over 85 flights receiving fresh threats within 24 hours.
According to the latest tally, the threats were directed at 20 flights from Air India, 20 from Indogo, 20 from Vistara, and another 25 from Akasa Airlines.
More than 85 flights came under new threat on Thursday within 24 hours. According to the latest tally, these threats targeted 20 flights from Air India, 20 from IndiGo, 20 from Vistara, and another 25 from Akasa Air.
Within little more than a week, over 170 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats. The Central government has plans to undertake wide-ranging legislative actions to deal with bomb threats to airlines, including placing the perpetrators on the no-fly list.
