Lok Sabha Question No. 1917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Bomb Hoax Alerts at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: OM BIRLA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1917 (To be answered on the July 2017) 27th-

## BOMB HOAX ALERTS AT AIRPORTS

1917.

SHRI OM BIRLA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number %f bomb hoax alerts received in aviation sector during the last three years especially by Air India, airportl airline-wise;
- (b) the details %f investigations that have been undertaken in these cases and number of convictions/penalties imposed thereof; year-wise;
- (c) the number Of investigating officers available at airports under Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and whether there has been any shortfall in number of investigating officials under the BCAS, if the details thereof;and
- (d) the estimated loss incurred by airlines/airports due to such fake calls?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

- the last three years are annexed:
- (b): Investigation is carried out by Local Police. Details in this regard are not centrally maintained.
- (c): Nine officers of BCAS have been empowered to investigate cases for a limited purpose 0f offenses under Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation,1982.
- (d): Such hoax calls result in loss to airlines in terms of monev. time. the warranting alternate arrangements to ferry passengers to their destination and the credibility 9f the airline: Such events equally affect and inconvenience the air passengers. However, it is difficult to quantify loss in monetary terms

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1917 FOR ANSWER ON JULY, 2017 ON 'BOMB HOAX ALERTS AT AIRPORTS' .

| Sr: No   | Airport     |   Number of Bomb Hoax Call Alerts |
|----------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | IGI Delhi   |                                40 |
| 2        | Lucknow     |                                02 |
| 3        | Dehradun    |                                01 |
|          | CSI Mumbai  |                                17 |
| 5        | Goa         |                                01 |
| 6.       | Chennai     |                                08 |
| 7 .      | Cochin      |                                04 |
| 8        | Trivandrum  |                                02 |
| 9        | Madurai     |                                04 |
| 10       | Kolkata     |                                09 |
| 11,      | Ranchi      |                                02 |
| 12.      | Patna       |                                01 |
| 13       | Bagdogra    |                                01 |
| 14       | Bhubaneswar |                                01 |
| 15       | Ahmedabad   |                                03 |
| 15       | Chandigarh  |                                02 |
| 16       | Amritsar    |                                01 |
| 17.      | Bangalore   |                                14 |
| 18       | Hyderabad   |                                05 |
| 19.      | Guwahati    |                                01 |
| 20.      | Imphal      |                                01 |
|          | Total       |                               120 |

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