Government sounds air alert after US warning on aviation assets

New Delhi: The Central government has sounded an alert at airports across the country after intelligence inputs warned of a possible terror attack against aviation assets. Though the Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security first received an alert a couple of days ago, intelligence agencies on Thursday reiterated the warning, prompting a security beef-up at key airports, including the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and Mumbai's Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport.
According to the latest intelligence alert, aviation assets could be targeted by terrorist elements in the immediate future. The alert follows a warning from American agencies that terrorist groups might surgically implant a bomb into human beings and place them on direct flights to the US.
"This is new intelligence about a possible technique that could be used...however there is nothing to indicate an imminent threat," a senior US security official was quoted as saying. The US based Transportation Security Administration had recently briefed air carriers and foreign partners to provide greater insights into recent intelligence indicating the continued interest of terrorists to target aviation, its spokesman Kawika Riley told the US media.
08/07/11 Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2011, Safety Jul 2011