Hijack alert before I-Day

New Delhi: India’s aviation security regulator has issued an alert for a possible attempt to hijack a passenger aircraft by a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist of Yemeni origin before Independence Day. The man, Yasmin al-Bashir, is reportedly already in India with 10 associates including women, and is believed to be somewhere in Rajasthan now.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) issued the hijack alert a week before Independence Day on the basis of intelligence input from India’s external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Top sources in RAW confirmed that specific intelligence had been passed on to other agencies.
According to the alert, Al-Bashir is a trained pilot, and might make his hijack attempt between August 12 and 14.
14/08/12 Appu Esthose Suresh/Indian Express

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Categories: airports Aug 2012, Safety Aug 2012