Hoax note on Air India Kolkata-Mumbai flight sparks hijack scare
Verified: 9 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from India.
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 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 h· you’re reading thisHoax note on Air India Kolkata-Mumbai flight sparks hijack scarehindustantimes.com ↗
[Claude, second read] Rates it MEDIUM, not HIGH. Specific incident (hoax threat note on a flight, scare) with no deaths or mass injuries; disruption and arrests possible, so medium. Lowered from HIGH to MEDIUM.
41m ago[Claude] Report 2 describes the same Air India Kolkata hijack-threat note, adding that it was scrawled on a lavatory mirror, which does not conflict with Report 1.
49m agoScore bands
What moves the score
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this