Passenger held over hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight
Verified: 10 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 5 of them from India.
The passenger was handed over to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport Police Station
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
5 outlets from India, where the story is: Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, The Hindu and 2 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 7:39 AM UTCFirst reportHijack threat note found in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight; aircraft taken to isolation baythehindu.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 8:07 AM UTC · +28 min
- Nov 11, 9:11 AM UTC+2 hAir India Flight Threatens Hijack, Passengers Safeudaipurkiran.com ↗
- Nov 11, 9:16 AM UTC+2 hHijack threat reported against Mumbai-bound Air India aircraftazertag.az ↗
- Nov 11, 10:11 AM UTC+3 hHijack threat on Air India flight in Kolkatabdnews24.com ↗
- Nov 11, 2:43 PM UTC+7 hHijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight turns out to be hoax; aircraft takes off after seven-hour delaynewindianexpress.com ↗
- Nov 12, 2:06 AM UTC+18 hHoax note on Air India Kolkata-Mumbai flight sparks hijack scarehindustantimes.com ↗
- Nov 12, 5:30 AM UTC+22 hPassenger held over hijack threat to Mumbai-bound Air India flight at Kolkata airporthindustantimes.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 6:16 AM UTC+23 hPassenger apprehended over hoax hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai flighttribuneindia.com ↗
- Nov 12, 6:46 AM UTC+23 h· you’re reading thisPassenger held over hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flightthehindu.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same Kolkata-Mumbai Air India hijack threat, with no conflicting facts about location or circumstances.
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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