Thursday, November 22, 2012

Hijack alert at Air Force base turns out to be a mock drill

Chandigarh: The local police sprung into action following a phone call informing that an aircraft had been hijacked at the Indian Air Force base on Wednesday afternoon. However, it turned out to be only a mock drill. One chopper of the Air Force had also taken sortie "to rescue the aircraft from the hijackers" during the mock drill.
According to Sector-31 police station SHO, as soon as the air force authorities called the police station about "hijack of a plane", a melee of police, fire brigade personnel and ambulances rushed to the airport. All of them heaved a sigh of relief when it finally turned out to be a mock drill.
22/11/12 Times of India
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