Mock hijack drill held at Patna airport

Patna: The concluding day of the Aviation Safety Week witnessed some hectic activities at city's Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport on Friday where a mock drill with regard to plane hijacking was conducted.
Senior state government officials, including principal home secretary Aamir Subhani, ADG (special branch) P K Thakur, Patna zonal IG P N Rai and additional director of Union home ministry Arvind Kumar, reached the airport in the afternoon to take part in the drill which had everything which one comes across in situations emerging out in incidents of hijacking.
Subhani exhibited his negotiation skills and was seen talking to the four hijackers. While negotiations were on, the routine precautionary step like blocking the runway with the fire brigade vehicle was done.
CISF personnel, who were in the role of NSG commandos, ambushed the plane and killed all the four hijackers, of course no blood was shed. The mock drill lasted for about 45 minutes.
28/11/09 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009, Safety Nov 2009