An Air India flight flying from Dubai to Delhi found an ammunition cartridge during a bomb threat

An ammunition cartridge was found on an Air India flight from Dubai to Delhi on October 27 and authorities immediately registered a complaint, the airline confirmed. The cartridge was found in a seat pocket after all the passengers disembarked safely at the Delhi airport.

“One round of ammunition was found in the seat pocket of our flight AI916 after it landed from Dubai to Delhi on October 27, 2024 and all passengers disembarked safely,” an Air India spokesperson said.

“Air India immediately filed a complaint with the airport police, strictly following established security protocols,” the spokesperson added.

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The incident comes amid a spate of hoax bomb threats that have affected flights and airports across India. On October 30, a false claim was published on social media that a bomb had been planted on an Air India flight from Delhi to Mumbai via Indore. Indore police have since registered a case against an unidentified person in connection with the hoax.

Over the past two weeks, more than 510 domestic and international flights have received bomb threats that ended up being hoaxes, creating a significant operational and financial burden on airlines. Most of these threats were spread through social networks.