Airlines received 24 hoax bomb calls this year till March 2025: Govt

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Citing data from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 836 hoax bomb threats were received by airline operators since 2022 till March 25, 2025.

Airlines received 24 hoax bomb threat calls this year till March 25, the government said on Thursday.

In a written reply to Lok Sabha, the minister said 13 people were arrested in 2024 for making hoax bomb threat calls to airlines.

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Published On: 2025-04-03 @ 16:55:15 (21 hours ago)

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