Hijack scare at Delhi airport after pilot presses wrong button on Kandahar-bound plane
India | November 10, 2018 23:07 ISTThe Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after 'satisfactory' security checks.
The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after 'satisfactory' security checks.
The airport is 16th among the world's top 20 busiest aerodromes in terms of passengers handled on an annual basis.
Most of these structures were in the form of permanent buildings and the only way to address the issue was through mitigation, the sources said.
Confirming the incident, an Air India spokesperson said it was a "rare occurrence" and that only two passengers were affected.
No one was injured in the incident that took place around 8 pm when the Jet airways flight, coming from Dubai, arrived at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
All the passengers are safe and all standard operating procedures were put into action during the emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport at 6:10 pm, DIAL spokesperson said.
Following the incident, several passengers took to social media to vent their anger over the inordinate delays in baggage clearance.
"Update for travellers at @DelhiAirport : Due to some protest by the baggage handling & screening team, baggage are being mishandled. Around 3,000 bags have been left behind. Expect delay and some inconvenience," a passenger tweeted.
The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur, Srinagar, Bagdogra, Udaipur,Vadodara and Vishakhapatnam from T2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. These flights will be numbered from 6E 2000 to 6E 2999
Also rail and road services have been badly affected. As many as 20 trains have been rescheduled, while 15 others coming to the national capital cancelled. A total of 56 trains have also been delayed today due to poor visibility.
The civilian operations from the IAF air base in Ghaziabad are likely to start during the winter schedule, which comes into effect from the last Sunday of October
Flight operations at Delhi airport were temporarily halted on Sunday after a pilot reported about spotting a drone in the area
The cargo terminal of Delhi Airport was reportedly cordoned off on Wednesday morning after a suspicious material was recovered by the authorities
According to the airline, its flight 6E-508 (Patna-Delhi) was involved in a "low speed reject" due to suspected engine stall.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the long-standing tussle be resolved by April-end, which means that it passengers would no longer have to shell out the extra money for flying in and out of Delhi.
Augmenting the manpower of CISF – guarding critical infrastructure like airports and assets in nuclear domain – the government has sanctioned raising the strength of the force with 37,000 more troops in order to bolster security at these facilities.
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