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.

A bomb threat targeting a Vistara aircraft was declared a hoax after the Nepal Army’s bomb disposal unit found no explosives, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said.

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

A bomb threat was reported on a Vistara Airlines flight that landed at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, from New Delhi.

Bomb threats targeting over a dozen IndiGo flights were made via Twitter on Tuesday, triggering a response from authorities. Civil Aviation Minister K

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.

A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions. A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in woollens,

India's aviation minister said Monday he wanted to tighten laws after more than 90 fake bomb threats against Indian airlines in the past week triggered travel chaos and terror.

Even though the threats turned out to be hoaxes and all flights landed safely, planes were still diverted to Canada and Germany