Nine small-caliber ammunition cartridges were found to be secretly hidden in the pocket of seat number 16H in the Air India flight through flight number AI916 from Dubai to New Delhi which is scheduled to arrive at Delhi airport from Dubai at 18-27-2010. The condition of all passengers left the plane safely, and it became Air India’s responsibility to report the incident to the Airport Police. An Air India spokesperson said: ‘One ammunition cartridge was detected after passengers had left the airplane. We quickly informed this development to the Airport Police.”
And just four days later, on October 30, another Air India flight, AI 216 from Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport to New Delhi got the bomb threat. This was the second hoax call that the Tribhuvan Airport had received in the week. The flight landed at 2:At 41 PM of Nepal Standard Time, implementing the emergency process. Cops led the search alongside the Nepal Army bomb squad and the Nepal Police Canine division at the outskirts of the airport. After the four hours of inspection, there were four authorities and no suspicious objects were discovered proving that the threat was a fake.
Valley Police Office AIG Kiran Bajracharya said no explosives had been recovered on board. “The flight is preparing for a departure once more in compliance with standard operating norms,” Bajracharya said to ANI. Gyanendra Bhul, spokesperson for Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said ‘This is the second hoax call in a week.’ As we have maintained our security measures to the later effects the airport is now back to usual.
They reveal that there are increasing security risks that face the airline Industry. These two incidents provide quite a different lens upon viewing Air India’s immediate reaction to both of the situations: the adherence to the security standards stressed the need for constant and thorough screening and investigating of every passenger and every threat, in response to the heightened terror threats.
