International passengers walk out skipping checks

Calcutta: Three passengers of an international flight entered the country through Calcutta airport without going through the immigration and customs checks, posing a threat to the country’s security.
The passengers, who had taken Air India’s Yangon-Calcutta flight last Friday, were not at fault, though — the airline’s bus had mistakenly dropped them at the domestic terminal.
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Banwari Jalan, a resident of Salt Lake, and Khin Win Ye and Yin Yin Sani, two women from Myanmar, arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on IC 728. The flight landed at 7.20pm and stopped in bay No. 41. The bus in which the trio and around 30 others had boarded was taken to the domestic terminal. The driver soon realised his mistake, but the three got off before he could start for the other terminal.
Jalan, who had gone to Yangon on January 14, was carrying only a handbag. So was one of the two Myanmarese women. “Jalan walked out of the domestic terminal, while the other two took Air India’s evening flight to Delhi,” the official said.
“I was called back to the airport from home around 10pm to complete the formalities,” Jalan said. The two women were flown back to Calcutta on an Air India flight on Saturday morning for the formalities and then sent to Delhi again. The immigration department has sought an explanation from Air India, which has ordered an inquiry and showcaused the bus driver.
22/01/08 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Jan 2008, Foreign Jan 2008, Safety Jan 2008