NSG commandos take on ultras in hijack drill

Over 160 NSG commandos attempted to take control of an Air India aircraft at Anna International Airport after terrorists took over the plane and held several passengers hostage here on Wednesday. “There has been no hijack or terror attack. It is an anti-hijack drill being conducted by NSG commandos,” an airport official said. “This is the first time NSG men are conducting a drill outside their facility in the city.”
The hijack exercise started on Tuesday and is expected go on till Friday. The NSG had rented an aircraft from Air India to carry out the operation. “The drill is expected to give the commandos a real feel of the various aspects of aircraft hijackings that they would not get from learning in classrooms,” official sources said.
The NSG, which opened its hub in Chennai a year ago, is currently based at a training facility behind the Vandalur zoo.
26/08/10 Deccan Chronicle

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