India aviation market in chaos amid bomb hoaxes

Over 350 Air India, IndiGo and other flights have been targeted ahead of Diwali

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Indian airlines, including national flag carrier Air India, have been receiving hundreds of bomb threats ahead of the country's busiest travel season. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)

NEETA LAL, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- A social media war has erupted between the Indian government and Elon Musk's X, which has become the favored forum for cyber hoaxsters to deliver bomb threats to airlines in the leadup to the country's busiest travel season.

Over 14 days by Sunday, more than 350 flights were affected by bomb hoaxes as Indians began anticipating Diwali, a major Hindu festival that kicks off an annual spending surge.

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