More than 80 domestic and international flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats on Thursday, according to sources.
Pooja Kataria, a passenger on the IC-814 flight hijacked in 1999, says viewers should approach the recently released web series based on the incident as entertainment rather than sparking controversy.
The agencies have also found some common lines and words used in these fake threats like "bombs", "blood will spread everywhere", "explosive devices", "this is not a joke" and "you will all die" and "bomb rakhwa dia hai" (Hindi for bomb has been placed) among others.
The depiction of hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi has kicked off a row with a section of viewers objecting to the 'humane' projection of the perpetrators.
So far this week, more than 90 flights have received bomb threats and most of them have turned out to be hoaxes.
From highways connecting once-remote regions to aviation networks carrying millions, India's infrastructure story is one of transformation.
Netflix India's content head Monika Shergill on Tuesday met Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju in New Delhi, amid a row over the web series IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack.
European airports are wooing Indian airlines in the wake of intense competition from aviation hubs such as Dubai and Doha.
Abdullah said they are claiming that terrorism is over but the ground situation shows that it has increased in otherwise peaceful Jammu region.
Protocols for the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), convened in the event of a bomb threat call to an aircraft or airport, have been tweaked to better tackle the spate of the ongoing 'random' Internet-based threats being made to various Indian airlines, official sources said Tuesday.
IndiGo has delivered impressive operating performance in the past six quarters as it navigated cost and capacity challenges. It has managed to mitigate the impact of faulty engine-related groundings. The airline has also managed costs related to grounding, expensive secondary leasing, increasing airport charges, and pilot compensation inflation and delivered stronger yields and spreads.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Monday inaugurated the Tata Advanced System Limited (TASL)-Airbus facility in Vadodara to manufacture C-295 military aircraft in India.
Indian Airlines wasted five penalty-corners and were beaten 1-0 in the Super League of the National Hockey Championship.
The victory gave Indian Airlines a place in the semi-finals of the Shastri hockey tournament.
The move follows the recent probe report by the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that highlighted safety concerns involving Boeing 737 aircraft equipped with Collins Aerospace SVO-730 Rudder Rollout Guidance Actuators.
"The 'red bag' belonged to one of the hijackers, it contained explosives, and possibly, real passports, too.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday revealed that his father was on a hijacked flight in 1984 and said he had a unique window on "both sides" in such situations -- the perspective of family members and those in the government.
'Ajit Doval said, "They are threatening us now".'
They beat Indian Oil via the tie-breaker in the final of the Gold Cup hockey tournament.
Nearly 80 domestic and international flights received bomb threats in less than 24 hours that later turned out to be hoaxes, keeping thousands of passengers and security agencies on tenterhooks.
While describing them "martyrs" of Sikh community, the Akal Takht jathedar asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to install portraits of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Gajinder Singh.
Indian airline companies are likely to announce the suspension of flight operations to and from Tel Aviv, Israel, amid rising tensions between Iran and Israel.
Sandeep Singh 's brace from penalty-corners gave Airlines a 2-0 victory over Punjab and Sing Bank in the final
The former India ace scored the only goal of the match in the final against Border Security Force.
Indian Airlines on Tuesday announced a hike of Rs 200 on air fare with immediate effect on all international sectors and domestic routes leading to international destination in view of continuing trend of increase in fuel prices.
The former India goalkeeper turned in a fine display in the tie-breaker as Airlines beat Central Railway in the quarter-finals of the DCM Shriram tournament.
Sushma Chawla, deputy managing director, Indian Airlines, on Sunday took charge as the acting chairperson and managing director of the company, becoming the first woman to hold the top position.
They beat Western Railway and Karnataka XI in the semi-finals of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey.
Though India's airlines are certainly bleeding, they haven't yet faced the ignominy of shutting down.
Indian Airlines and Jet Airways on Friday revised the advance purchase fares in most of the sectors from next month.
Indian Airlines whipped Bangladesh XI while Air-India prevailed over CISF in the semi-finals of the Shastri hockey tournament.\n\n
In another match, in the Super League of the Ranjit Singh hockey tournament, Punjab Police blanked Sapura Hockey Club from Malaysia 3-0.
Captain V S Vinay scored a brace of goals to help former champions Indian Airlines defeat Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai, 3-1 and storm into the final of the 24th Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament in Jalandhar on Thursday.
'He told me he was very happy to see the realistic portrayal of the cockpit too.' 'His wife told me that I carried the same kind of personality as her husband in my performance.'
In the semi-finals, Indian Airlines beat Punjab and Sind Bank via the tie-breaker, while BSF got the better of Indian Oil.
Captain Sharan and Flight Engineer Anil Jaggia both confirm that the hijackers seemed to know a lot about flying an aircraft. Without help from the ISI or the Pakistan army, it was impossible, points out Utkarsh Mishra.
Sameer Dad's goal gave Indian Airlines a 1-0 victory over Bharat Petroleum in the final.
As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket. He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual charming smile: "Take care of yourself."
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