New Delhi: It was business as usual at the IGI airport on Tuesday. Serpentine queues, harried passengers, overworked airport staff. In the midst of all this, a major security lapse took place. Our sources at the airport said the Air Traffic Controllers noticed an 'unknown object' flying over the runway. It was a suspected drone which CISF personnel, responsible for airport security, failed to notice initially. When they did, they informed the internal control room. By that time, the drone was nowhere in sight.
Initial reports suggest the drone was first noticed when planes were taking off from the runway. According to a senior CISF official who wished to remain anonymous, a CISF inspector has been suspended for this lapse. He was in charge when the drone was noticed.
Delhi Police officials, who did not wish to be named, confirmed to Mail Today that they had received information about a suspected flying object over the Dwarka or Raj Nagar side of the IGI airport.
A high-level meeting was called in the evening, where top officials of the Intelligence Bureau, the CISF and other departments discussed the matter, according to the CISF source. The central government is taking this as a major security lapse as agencies have no details on the suspected drone, said the senior official.
"On Tuesday, ATC noticed a suspected object flying over the airport. Later, security agencies, including the control room, were informed, but by that time the drone had vanished. A high-level security meeting was later called and CISF has suspended one inspector-rank official and summoned control room staff," a senior official who was present at the meeting held at IGI airport told Mail Today.
28/10/15 Ankur Sharma/Mail Today/India Today
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Initial reports suggest the drone was first noticed when planes were taking off from the runway. According to a senior CISF official who wished to remain anonymous, a CISF inspector has been suspended for this lapse. He was in charge when the drone was noticed.
Delhi Police officials, who did not wish to be named, confirmed to Mail Today that they had received information about a suspected flying object over the Dwarka or Raj Nagar side of the IGI airport.
A high-level meeting was called in the evening, where top officials of the Intelligence Bureau, the CISF and other departments discussed the matter, according to the CISF source. The central government is taking this as a major security lapse as agencies have no details on the suspected drone, said the senior official.
"On Tuesday, ATC noticed a suspected object flying over the airport. Later, security agencies, including the control room, were informed, but by that time the drone had vanished. A high-level security meeting was later called and CISF has suspended one inspector-rank official and summoned control room staff," a senior official who was present at the meeting held at IGI airport told Mail Today.
28/10/15 Ankur Sharma/Mail Today/India Today
