Probe ordered into mid-air hijack alarm

New Delhi: Civil aviation authorities on Sunday ordered a probe after an anti-hijack alarm went off mid-air on a commercial flight of a scheduled Indian carrier from Bengaluru to Delhi on Sunday.
Sources confirmed that the Chennai Air Traffic Control (ATC) — under whose purview Bengaluru falls — received the anti-hijack alarm.
The pilot was frantically contacted but replied that there was no such incident on board. Triggering of an anti-hijack alarm is viewed as an extremely serious occurrence and authorities will probe why the alarm went off. “An inquiry will be conducted,” top sources confirmed to this newspaper.
Authorities did not identify the airline whose aircraft it was but there are indications it could belong to a low cost carrier.
09/07/12 Sridhar Kumaraswami/Deccan Chronicle

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Categories: airports Jul 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2012, Safety Jul 2012