Govt plans laws on airline bomb threats: Naidu
In the last one week, nearly 100 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats
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Naidu said investigations are on, and did not offer any specific comments.PHOTO:PTI
New Delhi, 21 Oct
Civil
Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Monday said the government plans to take
legislative actions to deal with instances of bomb threats to airlines,
including placing perpetrators of such threats in the no-fly list.
In the last
one week, nearly 100 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats.
At a
briefing in the national capital, Naidu said amendments are being planned to
aviation security rules as well as the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against
Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982.
The Bureau
of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is continuously in touch with Ministry of
Home Affairs on the situation of bomb threats to flights, he said.
To a query
on whether there is a conspiracy behind the threats, Naidu said investigations
are on, and did not offer any specific comments.
"Safety and security of passengers are of utmost priority," he said-PTI
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