5-Year Flying Ban For Hoax Bomb Callers, Recommends Aviation Security Chief

Airports, especially in metros, have been grappling with hoax threats, causing inconvenience to passengers and prompting authorities to carry out searches and evacuation operations.

Amid a rise in the instances of hoax bomb threats to airports and airlines, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has proposed a five-year ban on flying for those who issue such threats.

Zulfiquar Hasan, Director General, BCAS, said such cases have increased in the past few months, prompting the agency to mull action against pranksters.

Mr Hasan said six people have been arrested so far for issuing bomb threats that later turned out to be hoax. Investigation is on in many more such cases, he said.