New Delhi: A multi-layered security blanket was thrown around Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport after the attack on Istanbul Ataturk Airport on Tuesday night. While the anti-terror squad of the IGI police was deployed on the airport premises, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was instructed by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to be more stringent in scanning luggage and frisking passengers.
Airport officials said that most of the flights are being scanned for possible threats and frisking of passengers has been further tightened.
The heightened security measures come in the wake of multiple instances of passengers caught carrying arms and ammunition inside the airport premises. In January, a youth managed to enter the international terminal on a fake ticket without being noticed by the security agencies. In March, a man was caught with a pistol near the check-in counters. Two days ago, a man was held for trying to carry ammunition in his bag.
Such incidents have resulted in the authorities considering a change in the airport's security plan. Under IGI's current Security Hold Area (SHA) plan, a ticket holder can enter the terminal without being frisked till the security hold area. Officials are mulling whether this should be changed to the Concourse Plan in which a person is thoroughly scanned at the entry itself.
30/06/16 Anvit Srivastava/Times of India
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Airport officials said that most of the flights are being scanned for possible threats and frisking of passengers has been further tightened.
The heightened security measures come in the wake of multiple instances of passengers caught carrying arms and ammunition inside the airport premises. In January, a youth managed to enter the international terminal on a fake ticket without being noticed by the security agencies. In March, a man was caught with a pistol near the check-in counters. Two days ago, a man was held for trying to carry ammunition in his bag.
Such incidents have resulted in the authorities considering a change in the airport's security plan. Under IGI's current Security Hold Area (SHA) plan, a ticket holder can enter the terminal without being frisked till the security hold area. Officials are mulling whether this should be changed to the Concourse Plan in which a person is thoroughly scanned at the entry itself.
30/06/16 Anvit Srivastava/Times of India
