NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers.

Bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on multiple Indian airlines. Indian authorities said they were looking to increase punishments for perpetrators.

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.

This wave of threats follows yesterday's incidents where 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats

The string of bomb scares targeting domestic airlines continued on Tuesday, with 13 Air India flights receiving threat messages. Yesterday, 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats ,

At least 30 flights operated by Indian airlines, operated on both domestic and international routes, reportedly received bomb threats on Monday night. The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats,