Air India receives hijack call
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 07:02 PM
Mumbai, Feb23: Air India's Mumbai control center on Saturday received a phone call threatening to hijack its plane, following which Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ordered all airlines and CISF to follow specific enhanced measures to ensure security, according to an official note.
"A telephonic message received by the station duty office, AI Airport Operation Control Centre Mumbai, stating information regarding a threat to Indian Airlines flight getting hijacked to Pakistan on 23.2.2019," stated the BCAS note dated February 23.
The note added, "In view of the above, Airport Security Unit/ASG (and all aircraft operators shall adopt the following (eight) measures with immediate effect."
Both APSU and ASG are part of the Central Industrial Security Force. Indian Airlines is a part of Air India only.