The pattern of bomb threats to India airlines continued for a fifth day, forcing a London-bound Vistara flight from Delhi to be diverted to Frankfurt on Friday. A Vistara spokesperson said the flight landed safely at the Frankfurt airport and mandatory checks were being conducted.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in India's financial capital Mumbai have arrested a minor for allegedly posting online bomb threats to three flights earlier this week, India's aviation minister said.

Twin bomb threats hit Indian airliners on opposite sides of the globe on Tuesday, forcing an emergency landing in the Arctic and fighter jets to scramble in Asia – the latest in a series of similar hoax scares for the country’s airlines.

Hoax bomb threats to airlines are not unusual in India but it's not clear what triggered the sudden surge since Monday. Officials from the government's Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security did not respond to the BBC's emails for comment.

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A 17-year-old boy has been detained by Indian police after he allegedly sent bomb threats to Indian-based airlines on social media platform X, which led to flight delays and diversions.

A joint team of cyber, aviation security, and intelligence agencies have suspended several social media accounts issuing fake bomb threats to Indian airlines. Over a dozen carriers have been affected since the start of the week,

Indian airlines, including Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air, have been targeted by at least 10 hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, causing

Over the past three days, Indian airlines have faced a surge of hoax bomb threats, with two flights—one from Akasa Air and another from IndiGo—being affected on Wednesday alone. The threats prompted emergency responses,

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An Air India flight bound for the United States was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada on Tuesday after a false bomb threat was posted online. On October 15, Air India flight 127 made an emergency landing in Iqaluit,