Mumbai: A day before 26/11’s 7th anniversary, Mumbai airport was rattled by the presence of an abandoned bag near the departure gate no 1 of the domestic terminal. Authorities cordoned off the gate and called in the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS). The squad found only clothes in the bag and declared it a hoax.
Officials say that extra care and time was taken to handle the situation due to the high alert being followed at the airport after a threat call last Friday. After yesterday’s incident extra security personnel from various agencies have been deployed at the terminal. Meanwhile, passengers had to stand in long queues, as only departure gate 2 was made operational for 30 minutes. Although at 4.10, the BDDS had declared the abandoned bag to be safe after finding some clothes in it, another 30 minutes were taken to normalise the situation. “For safety and security reasons, we resumed passenger movement only after we received a clean chit from the BDDS. The passengers were not allowed to enter from gate 1 but the situation was handled within half an hour of the BDDS confirmation,” said an airport official.
26/11/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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Officials say that extra care and time was taken to handle the situation due to the high alert being followed at the airport after a threat call last Friday. After yesterday’s incident extra security personnel from various agencies have been deployed at the terminal. Meanwhile, passengers had to stand in long queues, as only departure gate 2 was made operational for 30 minutes. Although at 4.10, the BDDS had declared the abandoned bag to be safe after finding some clothes in it, another 30 minutes were taken to normalise the situation. “For safety and security reasons, we resumed passenger movement only after we received a clean chit from the BDDS. The passengers were not allowed to enter from gate 1 but the situation was handled within half an hour of the BDDS confirmation,” said an airport official.
26/11/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
