Subhechcha Ganguly 
A Lufthansa flight bound for Hyderabad, India, was forced to return to Frankfurt after a mid-air bomb threat and subsequent denial of landing clearance in India.
Flight LH752, which departed from Germany and was scheduled to arrive at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport early Monday, turned back while still outside Indian airspace. Lufthansa, quoted by news agency ANI, stated that the aircraft had to return as it did not receive landing permission from Indian authorities.
A senior official at Hyderabad airport confirmed the incident, citing the bomb threat as the primary reason behind the flight’s diversion. “The threat was received before the aircraft entered Indian territory,” the official said.
While Lufthansa attributed the decision to the lack of landing clearance, airport authorities pointed directly to the security alert as the cause. Details about the nature of the threat and the condition of passengers have not been released.
This scare follows a similar incident on June 13, when an Air India flight (AI 379) traveling from Phuket, Thailand, to New Delhi made an emergency landing after a bomb threat shortly after takeoff.
Authorities have launched investigations into both incidents, which have heightened concerns about the safety of international flights entering India.
