Security for Air India flights was beefed up on Friday, after the airline’s Mumbai office received bomb threats to its planes, close on the heels of two other carriers, Jet Airways and IndiGo, receiving similar calls. The threat was for flights out of major airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Srinagar, Vadodara, Guwahati, Goa and Kochi.
“The Air India office at Mumbai received a bomb threat call (Friday) evening. Accordingly, all authorities concerned were informed about the call. It was (later) declared as non-specific threat,” Air India spokesperson GP Rao said. The airline has stepped up security on its flights and is taking all security measures as required, Rao said, adding that all its flights are operating as per schedule.
Meanwhile, official sources in Chennai said an anonymous caller threatened to bomb two Air India flights originating from Chennai. According to sources, the caller allegedly threatened to blow up the AI945 from Chennai to Hyderabad and the Chennai to Delhi flight AI143.