Jet Airways flight ‘hijacked’

Bangalore: At 12.30 pm on Tuesday, the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) Air Traffic Control (ATC) got an SOS (Save Our Soul) message from Victor Tango, commanding the Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight.
The ATC reported the SOS message to the CISF and the police. Having learnt that the flight had been ‘hijacked’, they rushed to the tarmac where the flight was parked, only to find that the alarm was false.
It was a part of the mock hijack drill conducted by the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) along with the Central Industrial Security Force, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Airports Authority of India, Karnataka State Police, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), airlines and other stakeholders. The exercise, a BIAL press release said: “...was designed to test the preparedness of the airport in dealing with unlawful interference with civil aviation operations and to validate its response plan in case of such incidents.”
Held between 12.30 pm and 2 pm, the exercise saw BIAL?simulate an incident that tried and tested all emergency response mechanisms at the airport and the local administration.
During the exercise, normal flight operations were not disrupted as the exercise was carried out during the maintenance closure hours.
23/08/11 Deccan Herald

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