New Delhi: A total of 20 incidents of emergency landings, including those due to bomb threats, have been reported to aviation regulator DGCA over the last three years. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma told the Lok Sabha today that this year there was an emergency landing of a GoAir flight due to bomb threat. The Bhubaneswar- Mumbai flight was diverted to Nagpur on January 23. “During last three years and the current year, a total of 13 incidents of emergency landings due to technical glitches have been reported to DGCA.
There have been seven incidents of emergency landing due to false rumours (bomb threat),” Sharma said in a written reply. For 2016, the minister gave details of emergency landing due to bomb threat as on March 1. According to him, on account of bomb threats, there were six emergency landings in 2015 while there was only one such incident in 2014. “Caller Identification (CLI) facility has been installed on all important telephone numbers of the airports and airlines offices both at airports and in their call centres.
03/03/16 PTI/India.com
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There have been seven incidents of emergency landing due to false rumours (bomb threat),” Sharma said in a written reply. For 2016, the minister gave details of emergency landing due to bomb threat as on March 1. According to him, on account of bomb threats, there were six emergency landings in 2015 while there was only one such incident in 2014. “Caller Identification (CLI) facility has been installed on all important telephone numbers of the airports and airlines offices both at airports and in their call centres.
03/03/16 PTI/India.com
