Delhi-Mumbai Air India flight sends ‘hijack’ alert mid-air, but...A Mumbai-bound Air India flight sparked a hijack alert shortly after departing from Delhi, setting off a full-scale security response. The ...
29 Jan, 2025, 01.57 PM IST
High-level revamp: Anti-hijack panel to now include PMO brassAs per the order dated April 11, the panel will continue to be headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha despite presence of senior PMO officia...
23 Apr, 2019, 07.37 AM IST
Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad airports put on hijack alertMumbai already has a city counter terrorism contingency plan, but in Hyderabad and Chennai it is currently being put in place.
16 Apr, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
Now, extra round of frisking just ahead of boarding planeThe Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has asked airlines to do "Secondary Ladder Point Security" at all airports in wake of the security sc...
15 Jan, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
Passenger aircraft develops communication snag, triggers hijack scareSources in the IAF said the JCAC in Delhi, which looks into threats from hijack, ordered the Mirage fighter to track the 'missing aircraft'.
19 Mar, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Air India starts ladder point checking for Kabul flights after hijacking alert by IB"The ladder-point checking at the Delhi airport is done by CISF personnel and the local security in Kabul does the checking there," an Air ...
07 Jan, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
Security stepped up at airports in wake of hijack alertSecurity around airports has been stepped up and all anti-hijacking measures put in place after intelligence agencies warned of a possible ...
04 Jan, 2015, 04.16 PM IST
Terrorists may hijack Delhi-Kabul Air India flight, intelligence agencies warnA high alert has been sounded after the input. IGI airport has been alerted and stringent checks of even the staff members have been instru...
04 Jan, 2015, 11.42 AM IST
Srinagar bound car hijacked on Jammu-Srinagar highwayA Srinagar bound car has been hijacked by a group of persons on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
13 Aug, 2014, 01.07 PM IST
- Chartered Accountant gets life term for creating mid-air hijack scare in 2009
Jitender Kumar Mohla triggered a hijack scare in 2009 by claiming aboard a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight that he had infected needles and a gun.
30 Oct, 2012, 02.41 PM IST
- Air India hijack alarm: Pilot says life threatened by passengers
An Air India woman pilot, who sounded a hijack alert at the airport here after some protesting passengers allegedly tried to force their wa...
23 Oct, 2012, 06.33 PM IST
- Sky marshals demand star treatment, threaten to quit
Sky marshals have threatened to stop flying on Mumbai-Kathmandu sector complaining of insufficient food and lodging arrangements by airline...
10 Mar, 2010, 04.20 AM IST
- UK raises alert level to ‘severe’
The United Kingdom increased its terror alert from “substantial’’ to “severe” based on Indian intelligence input warning of a possible atta...
25 Jan, 2010, 03.00 AM IST
- Amid threat, Nepal assures safe skies
Nepal promised to take all necessary measures to beef up the security.
02 Nov, 2008, 06.07 AM IST
- Airports put on high alert after hijack threat
Intelligence inputs suggested terrorists may attempt to hijack an aircraft seeking Afzal Guru's release.
10 Jan, 2007, 07.28 PM IST
- Now, Afzal a threat to security
Even as the Centre has alerted states to step up security at all vital installations including airports to guard against the heightened ter...
07 Oct, 2006, 03.13 AM IST
- Security beefed up after LeT hijack threat
With intelligence inputs warning of a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) plot to hijack Nepal-bound flights, security has been beefed up at Delhi, Kolka...
03 Oct, 2006, 12.26 AM IST