Kingfisher officials bent security rules for their boss

New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya was recently in the eye of a storm for skipping security check at the Delhi airport.
But it seems officials of his airline, too, don't mind flouting a few rules to ensure that their boss flies the good times.
A complaint regarding violation of norms by two Kingfisher officials is pending with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), which is also investigating the alleged security breach by Mallya at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport a few weeks ago.
Sources in the BCAS said a few months ago, two senior security officials of Kingfisher sought permission from the CISF, responsible for security at airports across the country, to enter the security hold area (SHA) to see off Mallya.
But the CISF denied them permission.
The duo then decided to tweak the rules.
The sources said "they asked Kingfisher officials to issue dummy boarding passes in their names. They entered the SHA carrying the boarding passes and went to see off Mallya to his jet." Both the officials had blue passes, so they could enter the airside through the staff gate. "They planned to dump the boarding passes while returning, but were caught before they could do that," the source added. The matter was reported to the police.
After being issued the boarding pass, a passenger is not allowed to come out of the airport. "Only if a passenger gives a valid reason, such as in case of a medical emergency, does the CISF allow the person to come out of the airport.
But for that too, there is a proper procedure of offloading. In this case, the Kingfisher officials didn't board the plane, but flouted the rules to chat with their boss," the BCAS source said.
17/04/10 Faizan Haider/Mail Today/India Today

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Categories: Airports Apr 2010, Kingfisher Apr 2010