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Hijack alert on Mumbai-bound Air India flight at Kolkata Airport, searches on

Hijack alert on Mumbai-bound Air India flight at Kolkata Airport, searches on

What's behind this

A United Airlines flight traveling from Tokyo to Chicago declared a Level 3 emergency after an unruly passenger caused a disturbance. Upon landing at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, the individual was secured with flex cuffs and subsequently taken to a medical facility for assessment.

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RSS excerpt

Kolkata, November 11 (IANS) An Air India flight to Mumbai from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here on Wednesday received a hijack threat, leading to tension and prompting an intense search of the aircraft, officials said.The pilot received the threat as the flight was…

2 of the 13 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), across 2 different agencies.

Coverage arrived over 24 hours. First from The Federal, latest from The Economic Times.

High Corroboration 10 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Federal at 07:14 UTC on 11 Nov.

Everything here arrived on one day, and nothing since.

Across 2 desks: india, world.

All 10 newsrooms, and who owns them

Compare all reporting outlets (10)

  1. The Morung Express Current article

    Hijack alert on Mumbai-bound Air India flight at Kolkata Airport, searches on

    Kolkata, November 11 (IANS) An Air India flight to Mumbai from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here on Wednesday received a hijack threat, leading to tension and prompting an intense search of the aircraft, officials said.The pilot received the threat as the flight was…

    Read at The Morung Express ↗
  2. 18 hours later
  4. 7 minutes later
  5. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Passenger held over hoax hijack threat to Air India flight in Kolkata

    A passenger was apprehended and handed over to airport police in connection with a hoax hijack threat to a Mumbai-bound Air India flight from Kolkata , officials said on Thursday, reported PTI. The action follows Wednesday’s incident involving flight AI 2772, which was delayed for more than seven…

    Compare on Varta → Read at The New Indian Express ↗
  6. Moments later
  8. 18 minutes later
  10. 3 minutes later
  12. 21 minutes later
  14. 5 minutes later
  16. 56 minutes later
  17. The Shillong Times The Shillong Times

    Cancer patient arrested over hoax hijack threat on Air India flight at Kolkata airport

    Kolkata, Nov 12: A 56-year-old cancer patient has been arrested in connection with the hoax hijack alert at a Mumbai-bound Air India flight on November 10, following which the flight had to be taken to the isolation bay at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, as a result…

    Compare on Varta → Read at The Shillong Times ↗
  18. 18 minutes later
  19. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    Unruly passenger restrained with flex cuffs, hospitalized after United flight lands at O'Hare

    A United Airlines flight headed from Tokyo to Chicago encountered a troubling situation with an unruly passenger, prompting the crew to declare a Level 3 emergency. Upon arrival at O'Hare Airport, the individual was secured and taken to a medical facility for assessment. Moreover, an unrelated…

    Compare on Varta → Read at The Economic Times ↗

Who did not run this

10 newsrooms ran this event. 24 others published in India recently and did not.

See which 24 newsrooms
  • ANI ANI Media
  • DT Next Daily Thanthi Group
  • Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Factly Factly Media & Research
  • Frontline The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons)
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Hindustan Times HT Media
  • India TV Independent News Service
  • India Today Living Media India
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Kashmir Observer Kashmir Observer
  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • Mongabay India Mongabay (non-profit)
  • NDTV Adani Group (AMG Media)
  • NE Now NE Now
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Logical Indian The Logical Indian (independent digital media)
  • The Pioneer The Pioneer
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The South First The South First
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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