Fifth cruise vessel of season calls on Mangalore port
Mangaluru, Feb 8: MS Nautica,' the fifth cruise vessel of the current season called on New Mangalore Port here.
Carrying 550 passengers and 400 crew members, the 180.5 m vessel has 30,277 gross tonnage and has a draft of 6 m, said a release from New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) on Wednesday.
The vessel came from Muscat to India en route to Male (Maldives) and called on Mumbai and Mormugao ports earlier.
Offering a traditional welcome, NMPA arranged their medical screening, immigration and customs counters, 15 coaches of buses, including two shuttle buses for tourists visiting local markets around Mangaluru, taxis, and tourist vans.
The cruise passengers also availed benefits of meditation centre set up the by the AYUSH department inside the cruise lounge. Clothes and handicraft outlets were also kept open for them.
The tourists later visited places of tourist interest in and around Mangaluru while NMPA presented them souvenirs when they embarked the vessel that sailed out of NMP towards Kochi in the evening, the release said.
NMPA today welcomed 5th cruise ship “MS NAUTICA” of the current cruise season carrying 550 passengers 400 crew members. Traditional welcome was given to the cruise passengers while they were disembarking the ship. @shipmin_india @Indportsassn @SDCL_India pic.twitter.com/5Wgtb8B1iq
— New Mangalore Port Authority (@NewMngPort) February 7, 2023
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
