A plane with 147 people on board made an emergency landing in Germany over a bomb threat sent via X, police have said. The Indian carrier Vistara was already targeted in September by a bomb threat in a plane toilet.

"Vistara flight UK17 operating from Delhi to London on October 18, 2024 received a security threat on social media. In line with the protocol, all relevant authorities were immediately informed and as a precautionary measure, the pilots decided to divert the flight to Frankfurt," the spokesperson said.

No bomb has been found so far, according to security officials; this is the latest in a series of bomb threats received by various airlines on domestic and international routes.

Air India flight from Mumbai to London is latest target of bomb threats - At least 20 hoax bomb threats have been made against Indian carriers so far this week

An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Jaipur made an emergency landing after receiving a bomb threat via email. With over 26 hoaxes reported in recent days, authorities are taking serious measures,

The grave issue of targeting Indian airline operations continued even on Saturday as many flights belonging to major Indian airlines were forced to make emergency landings after they received bomb threats,

More than 70 flights have received bomb threats since Monday. On Saturday, 5 IndiGo planes and 5 flights of Akasa Airlines received bomb threats. IndiGo confirmed its awareness of the situation related to flight number 6E 17 from Mumbai to Istanbul.

In recent days, almost 40 flights operated by Indian carriers have been targeted by bomb threats, all of which were later confirmed as hoaxes.