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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.

📍 Kolkata, IN·🕐 5m ago·10 outlets

The passenger was handed over to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport Police Station

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✓ Verified · 10 outlets

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.

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Who reported it

The story so far · 9 reports · · 3 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 8:07 AM UTC

5 outlets from India, where the story is: Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, The Hindu and 2 more · how we count

  1. Nov 11, 7:39 AM UTCFirst report
    Hijack threat note found in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight; aircraft taken to isolation baythehindu.com ↗
  2. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 8:07 AM UTC · +28 min
  3. Nov 11, 9:11 AM UTC+2 h
    Air India Flight Threatens Hijack, Passengers Safeudaipurkiran.com ↗
  4. Nov 11, 9:16 AM UTC+2 h
    Hijack threat reported against Mumbai-bound Air India aircraftazertag.az ↗
  5. Nov 11, 10:11 AM UTC+3 h
    Hijack threat on Air India flight in Kolkatabdnews24.com ↗
  6. Nov 11, 2:43 PM UTC+7 h
    Hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight turns out to be hoax; aircraft takes off after seven-hour delaynewindianexpress.com ↗
  7. Nov 12, 2:06 AM UTC+18 h
    Hoax note on Air India Kolkata-Mumbai flight sparks hijack scarehindustantimes.com ↗
  8. Nov 12, 5:30 AM UTC+22 h
    Passenger held over hijack threat to Mumbai-bound Air India flight at Kolkata airporthindustantimes.com (again) ↗
  9. Nov 12, 6:16 AM UTC+23 h
    Passenger apprehended over hoax hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai flighttribuneindia.com ↗
  10. Nov 12, 6:46 AM UTC+23 h· you’re reading this
    Passenger held over hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flightthehindu.com (again) ↗
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[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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Reliability
97%

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