Dhaka: India's busiest airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and others around the country have tightened security following a threat made to hijack an Air India aircraft, official sources said on Saturday, February 23.
The threat came in a telephone call to the AI Operation Control Centre at Mumbai Airport late on Friday night, February 22, warning that an Indian Airlines (part of Air India) flight would be hijacked to Pakistan.
"It has been classified as a 'non-specific threat', but we have taken it seriously, in view of the current situation. Since it has not given details of any particular flight that may be targeted, we presume it can apply to any Air India flight anywhere in the country," a top official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.
Early on Saturday morning, all agencies concerned held a meeting and later the Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards airports around the country, and all airlines to implement enhanced security measures with immediate effect.
The BCAS directive, issued through its Deputy Director Operations 2, New Delhi, said that all aircraft operators shall adopt eight specific measures, intended to ensure security of flights and passengers.
The directive has asked the CISF's Airport Security Unit and Aviation Security Group and other agencies to maintain strict access control to regulate entry to terminal buildings, all operational areas and other aviation facilities.
02/01/20 MENAFN
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The threat came in a telephone call to the AI Operation Control Centre at Mumbai Airport late on Friday night, February 22, warning that an Indian Airlines (part of Air India) flight would be hijacked to Pakistan.
"It has been classified as a 'non-specific threat', but we have taken it seriously, in view of the current situation. Since it has not given details of any particular flight that may be targeted, we presume it can apply to any Air India flight anywhere in the country," a top official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.
Early on Saturday morning, all agencies concerned held a meeting and later the Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards airports around the country, and all airlines to implement enhanced security measures with immediate effect.
The BCAS directive, issued through its Deputy Director Operations 2, New Delhi, said that all aircraft operators shall adopt eight specific measures, intended to ensure security of flights and passengers.
The directive has asked the CISF's Airport Security Unit and Aviation Security Group and other agencies to maintain strict access control to regulate entry to terminal buildings, all operational areas and other aviation facilities.
02/01/20 MENAFN
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