This comes at a time when Indian airlines have been hit by scores of fake bomb threats—mostly posted on social media platform X from anonymous and unverified accounts—over the past three weeks.

According to the details, the cartridge was found on the flight AI916 following it landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The police are investigating a security breach after a live cartridge was found in the seat pocket of an Air India flight that had recently arrived from Dubai, police officials said on Saturday. Officials said that the incident occurred on October 27 during routine cleaning.

On Oct 27, 2024, Air India discovered an ammunition cartridge in a seat pocket on a flight from Dubai to Delhi, sparking an investigation. This incident follows a wave of hoax threats to flights in recent weeks.