Kalam issue: Continental Airlines served show cause notice

New Delhi : Taking a serious note of the "unpardonable" act of frisking of former President A P J Abdul Kalam at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, government has slapped a show cause notice to the US-based Continental Airlines for violating guidelines.
"Not only the preliminary inquiry has been ordered but we also have a preliminary report on the basis of which the Continental Airlines has been issued a show cause notice why action for wilful violation should not be taken," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Mr. Kalam was frisked by the Airlines at the embarkation point some time back when he was going to the US.
21/07/09 PTI/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009, Foreign Jul 2009