Airways in India obtained 709 hoax bomb threats in 2024, large bounce in final 5 years | Newest Information India

“Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety has data of a complete of 809 hoax bomb threats obtained by airways since 2020,” PTI quoted Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol as saying in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The rising menace this yr is clear when wanting on the numbers for the final 5 years. Airways in India reported 4 such threats in 2020 and simply two in 2021. In 2022, airways in India reported 13 hoax bomb menace messages, which rose to 71 in 2023, as per the info.

The minister mentioned that the civil aviation safety regulator, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety, has mandated strong protocols for dealing with such threats. An in depth contingency plan referred to as the Bomb Menace Contingency Plan (BTCP) is in place to deal with such threats.

Mohol additionally mentioned that to cope with hoax bomb threats, BCAS has issued advisories to all civil aviation stakeholders to make sure streamlined safety measures and forestall any illegal interference with civil aviation.

In October, Union civil aviation minister Ok Rammohan Naidu mentioned that the ministry is an modification to the Suppression of Illegal Acts in opposition to Security of Civil Aviation Act (SUASCA) to allow legislation enforcement businesses to invoke this legislation in opposition to individuals who make hoax bomb threats about plane at airports.

“From the Ministry, we have now considered some legislative motion whether it is required. We’ve got concluded that there are two areas that we will discover – 1) Modification in Plane Safety Guidelines…one of many concepts that we need to propagate by altering these guidelines is that after we catch maintain of the perpetrator who’s behind this, we need to put them within the no-flying checklist… 2) Suppression of Illegal Acts Towards Security of Civil Aviation Act…,” Naidu had mentioned.