Mahan Air A340 Receives Bomb Threat Over India

Following your reasoning, even on the off chance the threat is legitimate, what is there to gain by diverting as opposed to continuing to the intended destination and landing there?

Wonder if the plane still has the Virgin bar??

This airline is always involved in sketchy things. Look at the embargoed aircraft in Argentina that was allegedly sold to Conviasa by them: sketchy flight plans, unscheduled diversions, sketchy crew (19 people to take cargo, including Iranian pilots with alleged links to terrorist groups), sketchy maneuvers (such as covert flights). I wouldn’t want this company flying my airspace.

Threats against aircraft come in many forms, not just the hollywood style "there's a bomb on the bus" phonecall. A vast majority of these are not publicized, often not even to the frontline personnel who may be managing the flight(s) in question. Only if a threat is deemed credible (or at least not entirely non-credible) is it escalated to the point that a crew in-flight is made aware of the threat. If this threat originated external to the aircraft and was relayed to them through whatever channels, it can safely be assumed that there was already some level of credibility associated with it.

If you assume there was already some credibility.
Yet the pilot refuses to divert?

Then there is all the 'welcoming committe' (sic) in CAN but China lets it fly all the way from the border?

It seems everyone is taking a half hoax half serious approach.

Credibility is a subjective assessment that can change as more information comes to light. What was credible at the time of relaying the message may not have been so at the time the decision was made to continue.

When @Eskimoo said 'CAN' did you feel a tingle of excitement? Acronyms are hot!

You are pathetic.

Better. It has the new '72 virgins bar' LOL

Not surprised that authorities in DEL did not allow the plane to divert to the national capital. I am surprised that the IAF did not force the aircraft to land.