Explosive found in Kingfisher craft; Kerala asked to act

New Delhi: The home ministry has asked the Kerala government to take immediate action against those responsible for planting an explosive in the cargo compartment of a Kingfisher flight that arrived from Bangalore.
“It is a serious security lapse,” said U K Bansal, special secretary for internal security in the home ministry. “As far as we know, there was no detonator and there was no timing device, so the bomb could not have gone off by itself. Nevertheless it’s an explosive... which is a very serious matter. So we will have to look at the type of security precautions which are put in place at our airports,” he added.
The home ministry had recommended extra security measures for airlines after intelligence on a threat from militants to hijack a plane in January ahead of the Republic Day.
Reports from Thiruvananthapuram said the Kingfisher flight from Bangalore arrived at 8.25 am and a Central Industrial Security Force official found the suspected explosive, the size of a cricket ball, wrapped in a Malayalam newspaper, city police commissioner M R Ajith Kumar said. “This was found in the cargo compartment and the official immediately took it up. It is a suspected explosive and investigations are on,” Mr Kumar told reporters.
22/03/10 Economic Times

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