Fifty flights operated by Indian carriers on Sunday, reported PTI. This took the of bomb threats received by airlines to over 350 in 14 days.

Akasa Air said that 15 of its flights got security alerts during the day. All the threats turned out to be hoaxes and the flights were allowed to continue to their destinations after thorough inspections.

A total of 18 IndiGo flights and 17 flights operated by Vistara also received threats.

At least two IndiGo flights – one travelling from Pune to Jodhpur and another from Kozhikode to Dammam – had to be diverted.

Apart from them, flight 6E 11 (Delhi-Istanbul), 6E 92 (Jeddah-Mumbai), 6E 112 (Goa-Ahmedabad), 6E 125 (Bengaluru-Jharsuguda), 6E 127 (Amritsar-Ahmedabad) and 6E 135 (Kolkata-Pune) operated by IndiGo were among those that received security alerts.

Earlier in the day, Union Civil Aviation Minister said that the Centre is looking at steps to ban those who have issued hoax bomb threats to airlines from flying.

“We are also taking the support of international agencies, law enforcement agencies, the Intelligence Bureau to prevent these,” Naidu was quoted as saying by PTI. “We are planning to bring changes to two civil aviation laws. Those who resort to these kinds of activities will be punished...