Chennai: International flight operations at Chennai Airport were disrupted on Wednesday morning as several departures were delayed by 30 minutes to an hour due to intensified, multi-layered security checks.

Long queues formed at security points as passenger screening slowed significantly, following a string of bomb hoax calls and heightened national security measures.

Airport authorities said the enhanced checks were introduced after multiple anonymous threat calls and in the aftermath of the recent car bomb explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort, which triggered a nationwide security alert.

Chennai Airport has been operating a stringent five-tier security system since the incident. Ongoing hoax calls have forced officials to tighten outbound screening even further.

Under the strengthened pro

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