‘Want to put perpetrators on no-fly list’: Minister on bomb threats to airlines

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Monday said the Union government is planning to take legislative actions to deal with instances of bomb threats to airlines following recent hoax bomb calls on several domestic and international flights.
The Civil Aviation Minister said that the government plans to place perpetrators of such threats in the no-fly list. Notably, in the past one week, nearly 100 flights of Indian airlines—domestic as well as international flights—have received bomb threats.
The minister said amendments are being planned to aviation security rules as well as the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982. He was addressing a news briefing in the national capital, Delhi, after following recent hoax bomb calls to Indian airlines.
“…From the Ministry, we have thought of some legislative action if it is required. We have come to the conclusion that there are two areas that we can explore – 1) Amendment in Aircraft Security Rules…one of the ideas that we want to propagate by changing these rules is that once we catch hold of the perpetrator who is behind this, we want to put them in the no-flying list… 2) Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act…,” the Civil Aviation Minister said.
“We are making it a cognizable offence, so based on that amendment, there is a going to be a punishment and also fine,” he added.