New Delhi: Fourteen years after the hijack of flight IC-814 from Kathmandu airport in Nepal, a recent assessment by intelligence agencies has found Nepal to be the most "sensitive sector" as far as aviation security is concerned. More sky marshals are being deployed on flights in view of hijack and terror threats, a senior official said.
The National Security Guard (NSG), which trains these commandos, has been asked to augment marshals on this particular sector.
"Nepal continues to be on the hit-list when it comes to threat perception in the aviation sector. The maximum marshals are deployed on this route," said a senior officer on the condition of anonymity. He did not specify the number of marshals being put on each aircraft. A senior aviation security official said though there was no specific alert for the Nepal sector in the past couple of months, it was always high on the list.
The NSG provides sky marshals for flights to eight South Asian Association for Regional Corporation nations. A plan is on the anvil to extend security to aircraft from Gulf countries as well.
06/09/13 Vijaita Singh/Indian Express
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The National Security Guard (NSG), which trains these commandos, has been asked to augment marshals on this particular sector.
"Nepal continues to be on the hit-list when it comes to threat perception in the aviation sector. The maximum marshals are deployed on this route," said a senior officer on the condition of anonymity. He did not specify the number of marshals being put on each aircraft. A senior aviation security official said though there was no specific alert for the Nepal sector in the past couple of months, it was always high on the list.
The NSG provides sky marshals for flights to eight South Asian Association for Regional Corporation nations. A plan is on the anvil to extend security to aircraft from Gulf countries as well.
06/09/13 Vijaita Singh/Indian Express
