India, US agree to deploy sky marshals on flights

New Delhi: India and the US have agreed to deploy sky marshals on flights between the two countries.
An agreement on this was inked Wednesday with the Joint US-India Aviation Security Working Group agreeing to deploy sky marshals. The agreement will ensure clear parameters for their deployment, an official statement said.
Both sides are also expected to work out a list of dignitaries who would be exempted from pre-embarkation security checks at airports in the two countries.
In April last year, former president APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by the staff of Continental Airlines at Delhi airport before boarding a flight for the US.
21/01/10 Economic Times

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