Intrusion into IGI: CISF suspends 2 men, debates breach with Air India

New Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday suspended two assistant sub-inspectors for being lax on duty after an intruder was found hiding inside the rear engine of an Air India flight.
The paramilitary force, though, differs from the airline on how Uday Raj Chauhan, 28, got inside the high-security IGI Airport, and then into the Nagpur-bound flight, on Saturday morning.
The CISF, responsible for access-control with anti-hijack and anti-sabotage roles at the airport, on Monday maintained that Chauhan got into the apron area of the airport after jumping from a neem tree in the operational area.
But the Air India security staff, who apprehended Chauhan and interrogated him first, said he had reached the aircraft after getting on a catering truck that entered the airport from the ‘steel gate’ next to domestic cargo.
According to the Air India inquiry report, a flight engineer of the scheduled flight to Nagpur detected a person hiding inside the aircraft’s rear engine.
Officials said the flight was all set for a take-off. The intruder, who works in the Capital, was found in an inebriated condition, officials said.
In a second case the same day, one Fazir Mohammed, 65, was detained after he entered Runway 29 around 10 pm.
30/03/10 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010, Safety Mar 2010