Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday that plans are being made to take legal action to deal with bomb threats on flights. Threats will be placed on the no-fly list. There are also plans to amend the Civil Aviation Act, 1982 along with aviation security regulations.
Meanwhile, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Director General Zulfiqar Hasan and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General Rajwinder Singh Bhati also met Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Monday. The details of this meeting, which lasted for about half an hour, have not come out yet.
The Home Ministry sought a detailed report from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and BCAS on bomb threats on flights. CISF, NIA and IB were also asked to submit a report. On October 20, bomb threats were received on 25 flights of Indian Airlines.
Nearly 100 flights have received bomb threats this week. After this, the Central Government has removed the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Vikram Dev Dutt from the post.
Just today Khalistan terrorist Pannu threatened to blow up an Air India flight with a bomb
Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has released a video and threatened.
US-based Sikh For Justice (SFJ) terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has threatened to bomb Air India. Terrorist Pannu released the video and spoke of revenge for the 1984 Sikh riots. It has advised people not to travel on Air India.
Pannu said – “It is the 40th anniversary of the Sikh riots of November 1984. More than 13 thousand Sikhs, women and children were killed in 1984. Even today there is a widow colony in Delhi. This entire incident was done by the Government of India. People traveling abroad should boycott Air India from November 1 to 19. threatened the pilots that there might be a suspected bomb on board.
Vikas Yadav, a resident of Haryana, has been declared most wanted by the American investigative agency FBI for conspiring to kill Pannu. The FBI identified Vikas as an officer of the Indian intelligence agency RAW. …
200 crore loss in one week due to threats As soon as information is received that there is a bomb on the plane, the flight is landed at a nearby airport instead of its designated airport. This not only consumes more fuel, but also makes arrangements to re-check the aircraft, put passengers in hotels and take them to their destinations.
According to a report, about 3 crore rupees have been spent on all this. This week, more than 70 domestic and international flights of Vistara, Air India, IndiGo, Acasa, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air have received threats. Up to 200 crores of rupees have been lost so far due to threats.
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