Hijack threat reported against Mumbai-bound Air India aircraft
Verified: 9 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from India.
Baku, November 11, AZERTACA hijack threat was reported at an airport in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday after a threatening message was discovered inside the lavatory of a Mumbai-bound Air India aircraft shortly before take-off, according to Xinhua news agency."The incident took place this morning. The pilot of Flight AI 772 was preparing for takeoff when the cabin crew members noticed a hijack alert written on a toilet mirror, possibly with lipstick," an airport police officer said, requesting anonymity.Following protocol, an alert was sounded immediately, and the plane was moved to…
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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
4 outlets from India, where the story is: Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, The Hindu and 1 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 h· you’re reading thisHijack 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 ↗
[Claude] Both other reports cover the same Kolkata hijack threat on the Mumbai-bound Air India flight, with no conflicting facts about location or event.
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