Bomb threat emails trigger heightened security at Hyderabad airport

RGI Airport witnessed a surge in bomb threat emails over four days, affecting multiple international and domestic flights. Several flights were diverted or returned as a precaution. Security agencies intensified checks, and police have registered cases and launched an investigation into the anonymous emails

Hyderabad: The anti-sabotage teams at the RGI Airport are in a tizzy following a spate of bomb threat calls to various flights over the last four days.

On Saturday, the airport customer support team received an email warning of a bomb threat to two flights — Heathrow to Hyderabad BA 277 and KU 373 Kuwait–Hyderabad. While the flight from Heathrow landed safely at RGI Airport at 5.25 am, before the security agencies conducted a thorough check of the aircraft to find nothing, the othe