Emergency declared at Kerala Airport after bomb threat on Air India Flight

Emergency has been declared at Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) in Kerala after a bomb threat on an Air India Flight. After the plane touched down at TRV airport around 8 a.m., authorities safely evacuated passengers by 8:44 a.m.

When the plane approached TRV airport at around 7:30 a.m., the pilot reported the bomb threat. According to Indian media, there were 135 passengers on board.

There has been no effect on lives and airport operations are continuing as usual. However, more information regarding the threat’s origin and other details are to come.

#BREAKING :- Full emergency declared at Thiruvananthapuram airport after Bomb threat on AI flight.

The flight landed at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay.#bombthreat #AirIndia #ThiruvananthapuramAirport pic.twitter.com/4BuWAoRkjM
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Air Indian flight AI657 from Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram on August 22nd detected a specific security alert. Soon after, it landed safely in a distant area of Thiruvananthapuram so that security personnel could do mandatory inspections.

A spokesperson for Air India said all passengers and crew evacuated safely. After evacuation, authorities declared a full emergency at TRV Airport in Kerala for a short time to avoid any inevitable crisis.

However, law enforcement officials arrested a 13-year-old boy on June 17, 2024, after he allegedly sent an email to Delhi Airport claiming to have planted a bomb on a flight headed for Dubai.

After receiving the email, airport officials declared an emergency and put Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on high alert.

*A 13-year-old teen sent a fake email about bomb installation at Delhi Airport*

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Usha Rangani, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) stated that the child sent the email “just for fun” after learning of another teen who had called in a fake bomb threat a few days before.

Threats about fake bombs at hospitals and airports have increased recently in India. 41 airports received emails regarding bomb threats on June 18, 2024. It included airports in Jaipur, Chennai, and Varanasi.

These emails triggered extensive anti-sabotage checks that continued for hours, but authorities later found that all these threats were fake.