Bomb scare on Ahmedabad-Hyderabad flight was 12-year-old’s prank

Indian Opinion Analysis

All five sources agree on the core facts: a 12-year-old girl’s remark triggered a security alert on an Ahmedabad-Hyderabad flight on 17 October, the aircraft was checked, nothing was found, and no case was registered because she is a minor. The Times of India adds the most operational detail, the isolation bay, the inspector’s name (B Kiran Kumar), and the school group size (45 students, 3 teachers), while the others offer briefer versions. Mathrubhumi provides the only non-English account. The uniform framing across all outlets is straight reporting with no slant, no source leads with criticism of the airline, the police, or the school. The coverage is effectively identical wire-style copy, leaving no factual or interpretive disagreement to analyse. The girls’ counselling by teachers and the officials’ statement that she acted unknowingly are the closing facts in every source.