Wednesday , December 25 2024

False bomb alert on flight caught

We often see bomb threats on planes. As a result, an emergency landing had to be made. However, eventually this threat turned out to be a rumour. Then on June 18, a bomb threat was received on a flight from Chennai to Mumbai. The police have arrested the accused in this case.

there was a bomb threat

On June 18, a person threatened to bomb a flight going from Chennai to Mumbai on Indigo Airlines' customer service center chat. After this, security was increased at the airport and a search was started, however, no explosives were found during the search.

bomb in flight

The person who gave the false threat of bomb in the flight is from Tamil Nadu. He is a resident of Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district. The person has been identified as 27-year-old V Prasanna. Police has arrested him on charges of giving false threat of bomb. A team of Cyber ​​Crime Police Station of Central Crime Branch has arrested Prasanna. Prasanna claimed in the customer service center chat that a bomb was placed in the Chennai-Mumbai flight.

41 airports received threats

It is worth noting that on June 18, such false threats were given to 41 other airports across the country through email. After which all the airports were checked and security was increased. No explosives were found during the investigation. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has proposed a 5-year flying ban on those who made fake bomb threats, as such threats create many problems. A complaint was lodged with the Cyber ​​Crime Branch and Prasanna was later sent to judicial custody.