Nearly 85 flights received fresh bomb threats on Thursday, including 20 Air India, 20 Indigo, 20 Vistara, and 25 Akasa Air planes.

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.

Authorities at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar and Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda faced bomb threats on two flights, which were later identified as hoaxes. Security was tightened as precautionary measures were implemented to ensure passenger safety and operations continued smoothly.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers.

Six flights from India declared emergencies within 30 minutes of each other. It comes as fake bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on Indian airlines.

A bomb threat targeted a Vistara flight approaching Bandaranaike International Airport. Emergency protocols were enacted, and the aircraft successfully landed with passengers safely evacuated. The incident is part of a proliferation of threats affecting over 250 flights from Indian carriers in recent days.

A virtual meeting was held by Joint Secretary Sanket S Bhondve with representatives of social media platforms such as X and Meta and airlines

Bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on multiple Indian airlines. Indian authorities said they were looking to increase punishments for perpetrators.