Although all these calls were hoaxes, passengers had to face immense hardships and airport security infrastructure was under immense stress.

Air India passengers arriving in New York from Mumbai on Saturday were delayed by a hoax bomb threat, adding to a string of false alarms the carrier has received this month.

The passenger, identified as Vijay Mandhayan, was detained at Cochin International Airport for allegedly raising a bomb threat. Nearly 100 flights have received bomb threats in a week.

The passenger had made a casual comment, 'I'm carrying a live bomb,' said an official communication from the CIAL

A passenger on a Vistara flight from Kochi to Mumbai threatened to be a human bomb. The threat was found to be a hoax after investigation, and the flight departed with a delay.

In a troubling series of events, bomb threat incidents continued over the weekend, affecting a total of 24 flights. Following the threats, all aircraft were directed to a designated area upon landing for thorough security checks.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is in talks with the other concerned ministries to make required amendments in the existing laws to make them more stringent to deal with the cases of hoax bomb threats for flights,

Panic gripped authorities after IndiGo officials received a tweet regarding a bomb in the flight, following which they immediately alerted the airport security