BTAC protocols in India have been modified to address a surge of random online bomb threats against airlines. Enhanced security measures, including specific frisking procedures and revised indicators for threat assessment,

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.

Indian airlines have been targeted with more than 100 hoax bomb threats in the last week, affecting the global aviation network both across the country and beyond its shores. The threats, mostly made via the social media platform X (formerly Twitter),