The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers.

The string of bomb scares targeting domestic airlines continued on Tuesday, with 13 Air India flights receiving threat messages. Yesterday, 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats ,

Air India passengers arriving in New York from Mumbai on Saturday were delayed by a hoax bomb threat, adding to a string of false alarms the carrier has received this month.

The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats, the sources in the know said.

Earlier, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu had said that making hoax bomb threat calls to airlines will be made a cognisable offence.

A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions.

The Boeing 777 Air India flight was forced to land at the Iqaluit airport in Canada on Tuesday after reports of a bomb threat - passengers were seen evacuating the plane

An Air India Express flight made an emergency landing in Ayodhya following a bomb threat received via phone. The aircraft, carrying passengers from Ja

Air India Mumbai-London flight receives bomb threat an hour before landing; 5 Air India flights have received threats today

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.