Five Air India flights received security threat messages via social media on Thursday, leading to swift action by the airline. An official confirmed that all procedures were followed, and despite the threats,

According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the Air Indian Express plane took off from the Madurai airport at about 1.54pm local time and was due to land in Singapore at about 8.50pm. It only landed at 10.04pm after a delay of over an hour.

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