Chennai airport holds mock bomb drill

Chennai: The hoax call on Monday claiming to blow up the Prime Minister’s aircraft and the impending visit of the President on January 2 prompted aviation authorities and security agencies to carry out a mock drill at Chennai airport on Thursday to check the preparedness of agencies involved in such situations.
“The mock bomb threat drill is an exercise conducted every six months to check the efficiency of the people in adhering to contingency plans. However, because of the ongoing construction work and the difficulties in evacuation, we had not carried it out for two years,” said Chennai airport director E.P. Hareendranathan.
On Thursday, the airport officials got into a frenzy when the Air India office at the Anna International terminal received a call at 12.30 pm claiming that a bomb would go off at the arrival hall.
30/12/11 Deccan Chronicle

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