Kochi: Two flights at Kochi's Nedumbassery Airport were targeted with hoax bomb threats today. The threats, which the security department received via Twitter, arrived after both Air India's Kochi-Dammam and Akasa Air's Kochi-Mumbai flights had already taken off.

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,

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.