Air India's Delhi-Indore-Mumbai flight gets hoax bomb threat; FIR lodged

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A message claiming a bomb had been placed on Air India's flight from Delhi to Mumbai via Indore was posted on a social media platform which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Wednesday.

The "threatening message" that a pipe bomb was placed in Air India's flight AI 636 was posted on an X social media account at 5.08 pm on Tuesday, an Aerodrome police station officer said quoting a complaint by a local official of the airline.

The Indore police in Madhya Pradesh have registered a case in this connection against an unidentified person, they said.

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Topics: Artificial intelligence Air India Indian bomb hoaxes Social media platform Station officer Air India bomb threat Airlines (NEC) Bomb threat calls Indore Mumbai Local official Aerodrome police Indore police in Madhya Pradesh Hoax Flight delay Airline Air India Vinod Kumar Meena Social media account Police Vinod Kumar Meena Madhya Pradesh Deputy Commissioner Delhi Social media

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