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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Air India flight to Chicago diverted due to what a Canadian minister said was a bomb threat.</li><li>The Boeing 777 landed in Iqaluit, a remote town in Canada's Nunavut territory.</li></ul>Hundreds of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-india-economy-cabin-i-flew-miserable-bad-seats-review-2024-2">Air India</a> passengers caught a flight with the Royal Canadian Air Force after the Boeing 777 they were on was diverted due to an apparent bomb threat.Tuesday's Flight AI127 from Delhi to Chicago had just flown over Greenland when it changed course toward Iqaluit, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ai127#378bba5d">Flightradar24</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/residents-in-canadas-far-north-are-terrified-of-losing-amazon-prime-2017-7">Iqaluit</a> is a remote town in Canada's far north and the capital of the Nunavut territory. On Tuesday, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/canada/iqaluit/historic">temperatures</a> peaked at 37 degrees Fahrenheit and were below zero at times.In a statement posted on social media, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-india-airbus-a350-soon-flying-us-jfk-photos-2024-7">Air India</a> said the flight was "the subject of a security threat posted online."According to an X post from Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Harjit Sajjan, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/HarjitSajjan/status/1846357138480005566">the flight was subject to a "bomb threat."</a> Sajjan added that 211 passengers were on the flight.One passenger who was scheduled to take a different flight out of Iqaluit on Tuesday shared pictures of the plane and what appeared to be passengers waiting in the airport, saying that a local musician had been brought in to entertain people while they waited.Air India, the Indian flag carrier, noted that it and other <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-on-bomb-threat-flight-akasa-air-analyzed-handwriting-2024-7">Indian airlines have been subject to a number of threats</a> recently that have all turned out to be hoaxes."As a responsible airline operator all threats are taken seriously," Air India said. "The inconvenience to customers is sincerely regretted."It added that it will consider legal action against those responsible for the threat.Air India said that over 18 hours after landing in Iqaluit, a Canadian Air Force plane took off to take passengers to Chicago. It was scheduled to land there 24 hours after the initial flight's scheduled arrival time."We thank the Canadian authorities and authorities at Iqaluit airport for their support and assistance extended to the passengers and Air India during this unexpected disruption," the airline said.Back in May, an <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-787-diverted-to-canadian-arctic-flight-canceled-to-rescue-them-2024-5">Air France Boeing 787 also had to divert to Iqaluit</a> after a burning smell was detected in the cabin.In that instance, a different flight was canceled 11 hours after the landing in Nunavut so a plane could be rerouted to take the passengers onward.

An apparent bomb threat saw over 200 Air India passengers stranded in Canada's freezing remote north before the air force picked them up

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Molina Singh was flying with Akasa Air from Delhi to Mumbai when her plane was diverted.</li><li>After a note was found saying "Bomb on flight," all passengers had their handwriting examined.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Molina Singh, a 22-year-old from Delhi who was on board Akasa Air Flight 1719 on June 3. It has been edited for length and clarity.I haven't traveled alone a lot — this was probably my second flight alone. My parents were worried about me because they think I'm a homebody.I recently started working after college and joined the YouTube team for creator marketing and strategy. There was a creator campaign going on, and their head office is in Mumbai, so I traveled from Delhi for that.The flight was in the air, and everything was going smoothly. Everyone was kind of asleep or just chilling, and suddenly, the cabin crew came up to all of us.Everyone was woken from their naps and asked if a piece of cabin luggage was theirs. To the last row, no one identified the luggage.I was sitting in row nine, so I could see the cabin crew working, and they seemed very confused. And suddenly, the captain announces that we're landing. Turns out, they were diverting to Ahmedabad, which is a good hour away from our destination.They said there was a security concern. And as a person who's not traveled a lot, I was like, "Shit, what's happening?"It took us 15 minutes to land. No one told anyone anything, and everyone was confused. We were asked to vacate the plane immediately.Everyone was supposed to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-passengers-survived-because-abandoned-baggage-burning-plane-tokyo-2024-1">leave their luggage inside the plane</a>, but half of them took it. I left mine because the pilot himself asked me, and I couldn't say no. I put my phone and wallet in my overalls, and I left.We thought they just wanted to check something for 15 or 20 minutes, but thank God I took stuff because we were stranded there for like 12 hours.So we were on the runway, and there was a heat wave in Ahmedabad. (Temperatures in Ahmedabad reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on June 3.)Through overhearing cops, I figured out there was a tissue found in the plane that had "Bomb on flight" written on it.<div type="image" title="Passengers take phone calls and wait on the runway at Ahmedabad Airport following a bomb threat scare in June 2024" height="3213" width="4284" msid="111858161" hostid="261" sizebytes="1424358"></div>Then they dragged us to arrivals at Ahmedabad Airport, where there was a barricaded area, which was very small for the 186 people on the plane.The police asked us to write "Bomb on flight" in our own handwriting with our seat number.People were worried because they didn't have cash or their phones, and they didn't let us go to the bathroom or give us water. It was just very hodgepodge.At this point, you're not a customer of the airline, you're a suspect.The police called out nine or 10 names who could match the handwriting. They took them to a separate area and made them do double and triple checks.Then they took us all in two different sections to write "Bomb on flight," I think 36 times — dividing your tissue into four and writing on alternate sides.Nothing is coming out of it. I think the problem was there was no protocol for this.After three hours, they finally allowed us to get food and go to the bathroom, surrounded by a lot of police.By 8 p.m., everyone had given up hope. This was also the time that everyone was trauma-bonded. I'm talking to aunties and people I've never talked to. We'd exchanged Instagrams. We were just using one phone and a charger to contact our parents and everyone.<div type="image" title="Police officers and passengers on the runway with luggage strewn about on the tarmac at Ahmedabad Airport in June 2024." height="531" width="708" msid="111858162" hostid="261" sizebytes="33702"></div>Finally, they gave us new boarding passes. It still took us two hours to board because they made us identify our luggage. Even in the night, it's burning hot. Because the luggage was under the direct sun for eight hours, people's MacBooks stopped working, and my lip gloss melted.After we board the plane they give us a few packets of Namkeen, which are like chips. I'm like, "Oh wow, thank you for that compensation for the torture."It was a wild experience. I think people were frightened and afraid at the start because no one gave us any information. We just figured it out on our own. After that, everyone was like, "Hey, this is something we have to get through."

I was on a flight that received a bomb threat. We were treated like suspects, and the police examined everyone's handwriting.

<ul><li><keyword id="11121339" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="metaverse" source="Orion">Metaverse</keyword> has many benefits but it also has several issues that need to be sorted. </li><li>In the Metaverse world, ransomware could turn out to be one of the biggest threats. </li><li>No one knows where the Metaverse game is heading, but it truly represents a paradigm shift, on par with the introduction of the World Wide Web and the rise of social media.</li></ul>Metaverse refers to the combination of virtual and augmented reality, which is frequently referred to as "extended reality." The ability to be represented by one or more avatars that can exist across platforms is one of the many implications of the Metaverse. Its widespread adoption for enterprises is proven by data - Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook, recorded a whopping $<a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/8652/metaverse/#topicHeader__wrapper">118 bn</a> in revenue in 2021. However, enterprises need to be wary of some intrinsic issues associated with this new technology. Is Metaverse the Pandora's box of digital trouble? The Metaverse can be beneficial in many respects, while also raising many issues. Here is a list of some of the biggest dangers posed by the Metaverse: <ul><li>Identity theft: In the real world, identity theft is already a multibillion-dollar industry - a report published recently estimated losses from identity theft at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/29/2412099/0/en/Identity-Fraud-Losses-Total-52-Billion-in-2021-Impacting-42-Million-U-S-Adults.html">$24 billion</a> in 2021 in the US. Many experts are worried that if rigorous security measures are not adopted, identity theft in the Metaverse may become even more easier.</li></ul><ul><li>Unauthorised data collection: Virtual reality has the potential to push unauthorised data collection to a level that may be beyond user expectations.</li></ul><ul><li>Ransomware attacks: In the Metaverse world, ransomware could turn out to be one of the biggest threats as one's Metaverse profile tends to have a lot more information than any regular social media profile, including highly sensitive data.</li></ul><ul><li>Changing the way people view the real world: Stanford University researchers have concluded that both virtual reality and augmented reality, two of the foundations of the Metaverse world, can influence how individuals see the real world. This could turn out to be a huge risk in the future.</li></ul><ul><li>Harassment and cyberbullying: Cyberbullying is a severe menace to teenagers and young adults even today, and Metaverse will only worsen this situation. The Metaverse experience will seem as real as the physical world. Hence, pain and suffering will likewise be real and profound.</li></ul><ul><li>Mental health impact: Malicious people in the Metaverse world may hypothetically insert visuals that may cause motion sickness or even epileptic convulsions. Such situations can impact the mental health of people negatively.</li></ul><ul><li>Attacks using social engineering: Mentally manipulating someone into giving sensitive information is known as social engineering. Due to the immense amount of personal data that would be stored in the Metaverse, it might become a gold mine for hackers trying to sell personal data on the Dark Web.</li></ul> Making the metaverse safe Awareness and education will form the foundation for the metaverse security management. One can have the best security system in the world, but it won't be of much help if the operator doesn't know how to operate it or is irresponsible. So, how can we fight these risks on the Metaverse? These are some ways: <ul><li>In-depth vetting: New applications, like today's internet, have the potential to wreak havoc on our digital life. In a metaverse setting, however, the damage can become even more disastrous with the sheer amount of sensitive data that would be stored. We will need to develop measures to have all new applications checked for malicious code.</li></ul><ul><li>Platform compatibility: One of the most significant issues is the lack of interoperability and uniformity among the many metaverse platforms. This needs to be fixed.</li></ul><ul><li>Safety and awareness: Identity fraud and theft remain one of the top metaverse risks, hence being cautious is a must. The metaverse will seek far more personal information than the basic Google accounts. Aside from credit cards and bank account details, Meta has been reportedly gathering biometric data, which includes the users’ pupil movements to body poses, and this data is being used to create avatars and hyper-targeted advertisements. Hence, awareness is a must.</li></ul> No one yet knows where the metaverse is heading, but the fact is that it truly represents a paradigm shift, on par with the introduction of the World Wide Web in the 1990s and the rise of social media in the early 2000s. The metaverse is a double-edged sword and it’s in our hands to work out the weaknesses in the system and use it to our collective advantage. There is a fair bit of work that we need to do to lift the clouds of uncertainty and wipe away the security risks associated with the metaverse. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/vivo-moves-delhi-hc-challenging-freezing-of-its-bank-accounts-by-ed/articleshow/92750274.cms">Vivo moves Delhi HC challenging freezing of its bank accounts by ED</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/this-startup-does-what-most-cas-cant-compute-crypto-taxes-and-16000-indians-are-waiting-in-line/articleshow/92748629.cms">This startup does what most CAs can’t – compute crypto taxes; and 16,000 Indians are waiting in line</a>

Is Metaverse a ticking technology bomb?

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An <keyword id="6358246" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="AirAsia">AirAsia</keyword> flight had to make an early landing after a drunken <keyword id="44992" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Passenger">passenger</keyword> became unruly.</li><li>He repeatedly told the cabin crew he was wearing a bomb and then tried to remove all of his clothes.</li><li>An inquiry is underway to determine whether he should be placed on a no-fly list.</li></ul>An AirAsia flight from Bengaluru to Delhi was forced to land early after a drunk passenger made a fake bomb threat and tried to strip naked, according to local media reports.The unruly man started a "heated argument" with the cabin crew after he donned a life jacket, a passenger onboard the flight told <a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/apr/09/drunk-flyer-strips-naked-misbehaves-with-crew-on-airasia-flight-booked-2287916.html">The New Indian Express</a>.He then repeatedly referred to one of the life jackets he was wearing as a "bomb," <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/passenger-raises-bomb-hoax-on-flight/article34285368.ece">The Hindu</a> reported.The cabin crew tried to calm the passenger down, but he began acting inappropriately towards them, according to a spokesperson from AirAsia.He then started stripping naked until he was eventually restrained, The Hindu said.The pilot was informed of the commotion and made an early landing, the paper continued. The passenger was then handed over to the police.A spokesperson for AirAsia confirmed to The Hindu that the incident took place on April 6. "An inebriated guest onboard i5-722 behaved in an inappropriate manner including with a cabin crew on duty inflight. The guest was advised repeatedly and paid heed only after multiple requests by crew members," the spokesperson said.An inquiry is now determining whether the man should be placed on a no-fly list, The Hindu reported.

Plane forced to land early after a drunk passenger issued a fake bomb threat and tried to strip naked

<ul><li>23-year-old, <keyword id="6523985" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="kartik-madhav-bhat">Kartik Madhav Bhat</keyword> was given a warning for poor performance at <keyword id="124937" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indigo-Airlines">IndiGo Airlines</keyword>.</li><li>He made a hoax phone call claiming there is a bomb on a Delhi to Mumbai plane, on May 2.</li><li>The police have placed him under arrest and also found the SIM he used to make the call in his possession.</li></ul>Disgruntled employees aren’t unheard of, but what’s the worst one can do to get back at their employer? When Kartik Madhav Bhat was rebuked and given a warning for his poor performance at India’s IndiGo airlines, he decided to make a hoax phone call to New Delhi's <keyword id="89772" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indira-Gandhi-International-Airport">Indira Gandhi International Airport</keyword>'s (IGI) IndiGo Airlines complex claiming the presence of a bomb on a Mumbai-bound plane, on May 2. As expected, the airline staff took the call seriously and issued an alert, launching a thorough check of hand baggage, screening passengers and the cargo area of Mumbai-bound flights. The entire process took over two hours. After a nearly two-hour search, nothing amiss was found and the call declared a ‘hoax’. The police tracked down the subscriber of the mobile phone from which the call was placed and arrested the 23-year-old culprit today. They have also recovered the SIM he used to make the call in his possession and say he has confessed to the crime. A senior police officer told the <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indigo-staffer-arrested-for-hoax-bomb-call-at-igi-airport/articleshow/64147798.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Times Of India</a>, “The call was placed from a number belonging to 23-year-old IndiGo staffer, resident of Pune. The accused confessed his involvement in the case and was found to be serving IndiGo Airlines as a customer service officer at the Pune airport.” “On sustained interrogation, the accused confessed that he had done this as an act of revenge as the airlines had given him a verbal notice to improve his performance in three months or face departmental action," the police added. According to <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/business/aviation/frustrated-indigo-employee-makes-hoax-bomb-call-to-teach-airline-lesson-arrested-5175927/" data-type="tilCustomLink">Sanjay Bhatia</a>, deputy commissioner of police at Delhi’s IGI Airport, Bhat was “depressed” and “frustrated” with his employer. Indigo has since suspended the employee, but not much more has been revealed because the matter is sensitive in nature.

A disgruntled staffer decided to "teach airline a lesson" by calling in a fake bomb attack

Eglin Air Force Base via APThis undated photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, the U.S. military's largest non-nuclear bomb, which contains 11 tons of explosives.A week after US forces dropped the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-moab-mother-of-all-bombs-isis-afghanistan-2017-4" target="_blank">21,600-pound </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-moab-mother-of-all-bombs-isis-afghanistan-2017-4" target="_blank">GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast</a> weapon, or so-called "Mother of All Bombs," on a remote part of Afghanistan, American officials have released <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">little information</a> about the strike or its aftermath, and security forces in the area <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/civilians-journalists-still-denied-access-moab-site-afghanistan-2017-4" target="_blank">continue to block access</a> the site.In a move reminiscent of Vietnam-era <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-claims-to-have-killed-60000-isis-fighters-2017-2" target="_blank">body-count assessments</a>, Afghan officials have released estimates of the number of ISIS fighters killed in the MOAB strike, upping the total <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-government-36-islamic-state-fighters-killed-by-massive-bomb-2017-4" target="_blank">from 36</a> to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">96</a> over the last six days.Reports from the region indicate that a number of the ISIS fighters slain were drawn from neighboring countries.An Afghan security source <a href="http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/ttp-fighters-mostly-among-dead-moab-bombing" target="_blank">told</a> the country's TOLO news agency that most of the militants killed in the bombing were members of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.And alongside the dozens of Pakistanis thought to have been killed in the strike, 12 Tajikistanis and 13 Indian nationals who had joined ISIS were killed, according to TOLO news.A security official <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/13-suspected-indian-is-fighters-killed-as-mother-of-all-bombs-hit-afghanistan-reports/story-q0klSwa0SH2CocXkyHMAWK.html" target="_blank">told Hindustan Times</a> that 13 ISIS commanders were killed in the raid - at least two of them from India.Officials in Kabul and New Delhi <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/13-suspected-indian-is-fighters-killed-as-mother-of-all-bombs-hit-afghanistan-reports/story-q0klSwa0SH2CocXkyHMAWK.html" target="_blank">did not confirm</a> those reports, and Amaq News Agency, ISIS' media outlet, said none of the terror group's fighters had been killed in the strike. After the blast, ISIS' local radio outlet <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">broadcast a call-in show</a> featuring the voices of men who claimed to be fighters in the area who were not affected by the bombing.Radio Free Afghanistan/ Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyA screen grab from the video sent to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan shows unidentified Afghans claiming to represent a group called the Islamic Organization of Great Afghanistan, which they say is ready to fight for the Islamic State militant group.At least <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/13-suspected-indian-is-fighters-killed-as-mother-of-all-bombs-hit-afghanistan-reports/story-q0klSwa0SH2CocXkyHMAWK.html" target="_blank">24 Indian nationals</a> are thought to have joined ISIS in eastern Afghanistan. While two were reportedly killed in the weeks before the MOAB strike, in the days since, relatives of those Indian fighters had yet to hear from them.ISIS branches in Afghanistan <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">expanded</a> in 2015 and numbered about 2,000 to 3,000 members before Afghan military operations and US-led airstrikes checked their advances. Now there are thought to be about 700 ISIS fighters in the country, limited mainly to three districts in Nangarhar, the province were the MOAB was dropped.The MOAB was deployed on April 13 against what was described as a cave complex used by ISIS fighters in Nangarhar. The weapon, which explodes above ground, is meant to create pressure to destroy targets on the surface and just below it.A spokesman for Afghan special forces said landmines and "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/civilians-journalists-still-denied-access-moab-site-afghanistan-2017-4" target="_blank">pockets of resistance</a>" on top of mountains had slowed down operations in the area, according to AFP, whose correspondents were turned away from the site on Wednesday. He did not specify if the resistance was being mounted by ISIS fighters.Google Maps/Christopher WoodyAfghanistan's Nangarhar province borders Pakistan is the border area is hard to control.Locals disputed suggestions that there was ongoing resistance in the area and questioned whether the MOAB was an appropriate response to the threat.Zabihullah Zmarai, a member of the council in Nangarhar Province, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">told</a> The New York Times that officials in the district where the bomb was dropped said neither Afghan nor US forces had arrived on the scene."It is not true that the members of US forensic are at the scene of bombing - no one is there," Jawid Salim, spokesman for the Afghan commandos, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">told The Times</a>. "We are in the area and we see everything.""Why the bomb with such a big destruction had such few casualties?" Naser Kamawal, another member of the Nangarhar provincial council, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1" target="_blank">told The Times</a>. <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/video/519242/aerial-footage-moab-bomb-striking-cave-tunnel-system">Dvidshub.net</a>"If there was some 90 Islamic State militants, then why were our own Afghan forces not able to eliminate them in a military operation," he said, "what was the need for using such a big bomb?"The top US commander in Afghanistan have said the focus on the fight is on militants currently inside the country."This operation is conducted on those enemy that are inside the borders of Afghanistan," Gen. John Nicholson, commander of NATO's Resolute Support operation, <a href="http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/ttp-fighters-mostly-among-dead-moab-bombing" target="_blank">said</a> after the MOAB bombing. "We're very focused on those insurgents and terrorists who try to operate inside Afghanistan and then we work with our diplomatic colleagues to work with our neighbors and other nations in the region to reduce the external support and the external sanctuary enjoyed by these enemies" <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/moab-blast-in-afghanistan-2017-4">MOAB Blast in Afghanistan</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

The 'Mother of All Bombs' blast site is still off-limits, but here's who it may have killed

<ul><li>Mumbai-based jeweller becomes the first to enter national no-fly list.</li><li>The man was booked in October for creating a hijack scare on a <keyword id="6358200" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="jet-airways">Jet Airways</keyword> flight. </li><li>He confessed he did it to make his girlfriend move to Mumbai from Delhi.</li></ul> India’s National no-fly list (NFL) was created eight months ago by the <keyword id="149609" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Civil-Aviation">Ministry of Civil Aviation</keyword>. It has now got its first entry - a Mumbai-based jeweller Birju Kishore <keyword id="2569881" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Salla">Salla</keyword>, 37, who was behind a <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mumbai-man-becomes-first-to-be-put-on-no-fly-list/articleshow/64240584.cms">hijack scare</a> onboard a Jet Airways flight in October. Salla becomes the first person to be put on the no-fly list that was enforced last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Fly_List_(India)">September</a>. Salla left a note in a business class lavatory saying the Delhi-bound flight was under a hijack threat and that there could be a bomb in the cargo area. The pilot was alerted about the note and the Jet Airways flight number 9W 339 made an emergency landing at the Ahmedabad airport. This incident happened on October 30 last year. Salla was booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act. He’s the first Indian to be booked under the Act. The note read “9W 339 is covered by hijackers and aircraft should not land and flown straight to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (POK). 12 people on board. If you put landing can near the noise of people dying. Don't take it as a joke. Cargo area contains explosive bombs and will blast if you land in Delhi (sic)”. A passenger can be considered to be placed under three categories of unruly behaviour under the revised <keyword id="6368649" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="civil-aviation">Civil Aviation</keyword> Requirement (CAR), with category three bearing the harshest punishment, said a report in the Press Trust of India. Salla has been booked under the highest level (three) of onboard disorderly conduct. This has led to the Mumbai-based jeweller to be grounded for five years with effect from November 2017. All the 115 passengers were deplaned and screened following the landing. No explosives were found on board, and the note was declared a hoax. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that they will maintain a database for passengers on the NFL. He also said that it was the responsibility of the airline to report such a person to other carriers and then it is up to the airlines either to put the passenger on their NFL or not. All’s fair in love and war? Birju <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/jeweller-from-mumbai-is-first-on-indias-no-fly-list/article23943676.ece">confessed</a> that he placed the note hoping the threat would make Jet Airways close their operations in Delhi and in turn lead to his girlfriend moving back to Mumbai. He said that his girlfriend worked for Jet Airways at the Delhi airport, said a report in The Hindu.

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<ul><li>A school <keyword id="9985696" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bus-sized-asteroid">bus-sized asteroid</keyword> is scheduled to make its closest approach to Earth on September 24. </li><li>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (<keyword id="6360409" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nasa">NASA</keyword>) assures that the <keyword id="6549794" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="asteroid">asteroid</keyword>, officially dubbed 2020 SW, will safely zoom past the planet and continue on its path around the Sun. </li><li>When the asteroid returns in 2041, it will be further away and pose no threat to the planet even then. </li></ul>A school-bus sized asteroid dubbed 2020 SW is going to make its closest approach to Earth on September 24 — but there’s nothing to fear. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/school-bus-size-asteroid-to-safely-zoom-past-earth">NASA</a>), it will safely zoom past the planet at a distance of around 22,000 kilometers. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[]]></cdata></div> Asteroid 2020 SW was discovered earlier this month on September 18 by the Catalina Sky Survey. After its close approach, it will continue its journey around the Sun only to return in 2041 to make a much more distant flyby. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76808263" title="An asteroid flew closer to Earth than the Moon — but nobody knew till two days later" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> What would happen if the asteroid hit Earth? The asteroid, roughly between 4.5 to 9 meters wide, is pretty small compared to some of the other space rocks that have had close contact with Earth. Bigger asteroids would have a devastating impact if it were to breach the planet’s atmosphere, hitting the surface like an atomic bomb. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="70782507" title="The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> However, if 2020 SW were to hit Earth, it would likely break up high in the atmosphere and become a ‘<a href="https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/intro.html">fireball</a>’, according to NASA. Fireballs are exceptionally bright meteors that are visible over a wide area. “In fact, asteroids of this size impact our atmosphere at an average rate of about once every year or two," the US space agency said in a statement. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/china-has-hardened-its-stance-experts-decode-the-india-china-joint-statement-on-border-tensions/articleshow/78270081.cms">China has hardened its stance — experts decode the India-China joint statement on border tensions</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/microsoft-acquires-exclusive-license-for-elon-musks-largest-gpt-3-ai-language-model/articleshow/78269391.cms">Microsoft acquires exclusive license for Elon Musk’s largest GPT-3 AI language model</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebook-india-head-goes-to-supreme-court-against-delhi-assembly-panels-summons-on-hate-speech/articleshow/78267998.cms">Facebook India Head goes to Supreme Court against Delhi Assembly Panel's summons on 'hate speech'</a>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30878">Public Domain</a>GWALIOR AIR FORCE STATION, India -- An Indian air force Mirage 2000 taxis into position following a Cope India 2004 sortie</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>India on Tuesday launched airstrikes across its border with Pakistan in a military escalation following a terror attack in Kashmir that left 40 Indian troops dead.</li><li>Pakistan immediately convened a meeting of its nuclear commanders and issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat to India. </li><li>The airstrike from India involved nuclear-capable aircraft and, according to India, killed up to 300 militants, but Pakistan says the Indian jets were chased off and killed no one. </li><li>With China closely backing Pakistan and US support for India, the two rivals have long been seen as a potential flash point for a global nuclear conflict. </li><li>Both sides appear out for blood now as gun fighting cracks off on the border and Indians around the country celebrate what they see as vengeance for the terror attack. </li></ul>India on Tuesday launched airstrikes across its border with Pakistan in a military escalation following decades of bitter rivalry and a terror attack in Kashmir that left 40 Indian troops dead, and Pakistan immediately convened a meeting of its nuclear commanders. Gun fighting on the ground followed along India and Pakistan's de facto border after what Vipin Narang, an MIT professor and an expert on the two country's conventional and nuclear forces, called "India's most significant airstrike against Pak in half a century."The strikes happened after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed the military to respond however it saw fit after the terror attack, which India blames on Islamist militants based in Pakistan.India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the disputed territory, and analysts are closely watching the crisis for clues about whether it could escalate from airstrikes to a heightened nuclear posture.Pakistan denies any involvement in the terror attack, but swiftly "took control" of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militants camp in question.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pakistan-readies-military-hospitals-for-war-nuclear-rival-india-kashmir-pulwama-2019-2" data-analytics-position="2">Pakistan readies military, hospitals for war with its nuclear rival India after Pulwama terror attack</a> <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir#/media/File:Kashmir_region_2004.jpg">CIA via Wikimedia Commons</a>Political map of the Kashmir region districts, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir valley or Vale of Kashmir.</div></div></div>India says its airstrikes killed as many as 300 Muslim separatist militants, but it is unclear whether the attack had any effect. Pakistan claims its air force scrambled fighter jets and chased India off, forcing the jets to hastily drop their bombs in an unpopulated area; Pakistan's prime minister called India's claims "fictitious."India flew its Mirage 2000 jets for the mission, which it uses as part of its nuclear deterrent. The jets dropped more than 2,000 pounds of laser-guided bombs, according to <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/surgical-strikes-2-0-1000-kg-laser-guided-bombs-mirage-2000s-and-other-details-we-know-so-far-2048725.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News18.com</a>. As a branch of India's nuclear forces, the Mirage 2000 fleet has some of the most ready aircraft and pilots, <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mirage-2000-jets-iaf-airstrike-all-you-need-to-know-1465322-2019-02-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Today notes</a>. The strike took place about 30 miles deep into Pakistan's territory in a town called Balakot, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/vijay-gokhale-press-conference-on-surgical-strikes-2-0-live-updates-2048845.html?ref=hp_top_pos_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a press conference</a>. "The existence of such training facilities, capable of training hundreds of jihadis, could not have functioned without the knowledge of the Pakistani authorities," Gokhale said. The US has similarly accused Pakistan of harboring terrorists, and backed India's right to self-defense following the terror attack. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-modi-unleashes-military-on-pakistan-after-pulwama-terrorism-2019-2" data-analytics-position="4">India unleashes its military on Pakistan after a terror attack stoked the feud between the nuclear rivals</a>Maj. Gen. Asif Hafþór, the spokesperson for Pakistan's military, said that Pakistan successfully scrambled jets and scared off the incoming Indian Mirage 2000s, and also tweeted pictures of craters and parts of what could be Indian bombs."Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircrafts fell in open," <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialDGISPR/status/1100231826348617728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghafoor said of the images</a>. It's unclear if India hit their targets, actually killed anyone, or simply dropped fuel tanks upon leaving Pakistan.India's airstrikes hit relatively close to Pakistan's prominent military academies and capital of Islamabad, potentially raising concern among the military that it's at threat from further Indian strikes. <h2>Pakistan's nuclear threat<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Reuters stringerPakistan's Hatf VII (Babur) missile takes off during a test from an undisclosed location in December 2007.</div></div></div></h2>At a press conference in response to the airstrikes, Ghafoor issued a veiled nuclear threat to India. "We will surprise you. Wait for that surprise. I said that our response will be different. The response will come differently," Ghafoor said at a press conference.Ghafoor continued that Pakistan had called a meeting of its National Command Authority, which controls the country's nuclear arsenal. "You all know what that means," Ghafoor said of the nuclear commanders' meeting in a press conference he posted to Twitter. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/9-nuclear-nations-arsenals-ranked-us-vs-russia-china-wins-2019-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We ranked the world's nuclear arsenals - here's why China's came out on top</a>But India has nuclear weapons and means to deliver them too. Additionally, both countries maintain large conventional militaries that have become increasingly hostile in their rhetoric towards each other. <h2>Best case scenario? Conventional skirmishes</h2><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">APAn Indian officer from the Indian Central Reserve Police Force shouts slogans during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day parade, near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Indian marks Republic Day on Jan. 26.</div></div></div>India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the border and have nuclearized to counter each other's forces. With China closely backing Pakistan and US support for India, the two rivals have long been seen as a potential flash point for a global nuclear conflict. <a href="https://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1100421761609416705" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters' Idrees Ali reported</a> after the strikes that gunfights had broken out along Pakistan and India's border. The two countries have fought three wars over the disputed region of Kashmir, which both countries claim but administer only in part. Both India and Pakistan now appear out for blood following the fighting. Reuters reported that all around India people were celebrating, and Modi praised the military as "heroes."Meanwhile, Paksitan's denial that the airstrikes hit anything may give them some deniability and wiggle room to not respond with escalation, but hardliners within Pakistan will likely call for action. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twin-brothers-chicago-helped-take-down-el-chapo-margarito-pedro-flores-wives-cocaine-traffickers2017-6">The wives of high-level cocaine traffickers reveal how their husbands took down 'El Chapo'</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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