Manesar, Haryana: In the backdrop of recovery of a dummy grenade in an Air India plane, the NSG on Thursday said it will "revise" its operating procedures for counter-hijack exercises in stationary aircraft and will use a separate "cleaning" team with commandos tasked for the drill exercises.
National Security Guard chief Jayanto N Choudhury told reporters here that among the new steps to be implemented in the future will be an essential practise of taking a separate "cleaning" team of the airline with the commandos tasked for the drill exercises.
The NSG uses civilian aircrafts, parked after regular duties, to train its special commando units in counter-hijack drills and it signs a undertaking with the airline that the force will not use any live arms and ammunition inside the aircraft and return it back intact.
"The said incident occurred on the night of September 26 when our commandos were undertaking a similar counter-hijack drill and hence dummy grenades and other items were used," the DG said.
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National Security Guard chief Jayanto N Choudhury told reporters here that among the new steps to be implemented in the future will be an essential practise of taking a separate "cleaning" team of the airline with the commandos tasked for the drill exercises.
The NSG uses civilian aircrafts, parked after regular duties, to train its special commando units in counter-hijack drills and it signs a undertaking with the airline that the force will not use any live arms and ammunition inside the aircraft and return it back intact.
"The said incident occurred on the night of September 26 when our commandos were undertaking a similar counter-hijack drill and hence dummy grenades and other items were used," the DG said.
16/10/14 First Post
