Hijack threat: Parliament's committee take serious view

New Delhi: A group of members of Parliament has taken a serious view of the terror threat to air passengers in the country, especially in the northeast, after a terrorist last week revealed plans to hijack an aircraft.
While the members from parliament's consultative committee on the civil aviation ministry today took a serious view of the threat, civil aviation minister Mr Praful Patel assured them that security arrangements had been heightened at those airports that are likely to be targets.
A member of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) arrested last week in Guwahati revealed the outfit's plans to hijack an aircraft.
The arrested man was member of the “plane hijacking unit”, not known till recently. Fifteen of his associates from the specialised unit fled to neighbouring countries soon after he was arrested Sunday, it was reported.
13/02/08 Indo-Asian News Service/The Statesman

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2008, Safety Feb 2008