The Air India official Twitter handle @airindiain was hacked late last night with a malafide intent to mislead passengers.

The national carrier took up the matter with the Twitter authorities and all the malicious content were removed on a war-footing, according to a statement from Air India.

All Air India flights are operating as per schedule. Passengers are requested to ignore any misleading and mischievous communication on our operations, the statement said.

PTI adds:

One of the posts by the hackers read, “Last minute important announcement. All our flights have been cancelled. From now on, we will fly with Turkish Airlines’.

Air India has 1,46,000 followers on Twitter.

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