Indian flight to New York grounded after bomb threat

Several international flights operated by Air India and IndiGo were the subject of threats on social media on Monday

A flight from Mumbai to New York carrying 239 passengers was grounded on Monday and two other flights were delayed after several bomb threats were made on social media. 

The airport in India’s financial capital received a message on X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of Monday regarding a bomb on Air India flight AI119 from Mumbai to JFK in New York.