Hyderabad:
A flurry of bomb‑warning emails sent to three flights—two international—led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) to panic. On Sunday night, all three airplanes landed safely, according to airport officials who confirmed the situation by Monday.
The alerts, which were received by RGIA’s customer‑service line, mentioned flights bound for Kannur, Frankfurt, and Heathrow. As a precaution, airport staff sprang into action, following established safety procedures. After a comprehensive inspection by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), local police, and bomb‑disposal units, the threats turned out to be false alarms.
IndiGo 6E 7178, arriving from Kannur at 10:50 p.m., and Lufthansa LH 752, which touched down at 2 a.m. the next day, both reached the runway without incident. British Airways BA 277 from Heathrow arrived safely at 5:20 a.m. Investigators are now probing who sent the email.
This latest incident followed a similar one just the day before (December 6) when four flights were targeted within a 12‑hour window. While three were diverted to the ground safely, one—Kuwait Airways KU 373—had to return to its departure point as a precaution.
Earlier this month, several other flights faced identical threats: Air India AI 2879 from Delhi, BA 277 from Heathrow, and Singapore Airlines SQ 518 from Singapore all landed without complications. Nonetheless, the Kuwait Airways flight was directed back to Kuwait, given its proximity to the incident.
Throughout December, a streak of warned flights—including an Emirates run from Dubai on December 5, and two IndiGo services from Kuwait and Medinah on December 2 and 4—were diverted after receiving similar menace emails. In each case, post‑flight checks confirmed that the alerts were hoaxes.
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