img

There is news of a big lapse regarding the safety of passengers. A cartridge has been recovered from the pocket of an Air India passenger at IGI Airport. After this, Air India has complained about it to the airport police. The incident is said to be of October 27. Air India informed that on October 27, an ammunition cartridge was found in the pocket of a seat in a flight coming from Dubai to Delhi. The cartridge was found after flight number AI916 landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

Flight landed at Delhi airport

The airline spokesperson said in a statement issued on Saturday that the flight took off from Dubai and landed at Delhi airport. Without giving details of the incident, the airline said that all the passengers disembarked safely after the cartridges were found. Air India said, "Air India lodged a complaint with the airport police strictly following the prescribed security protocols."

510 flights received threats in 16 days

This incident happened when the country's airlines are constantly receiving bomb threats. Let us tell you that in 16 days, more than 510 domestic and international flights have received bomb threats, which later turned out to be false. These threats were mostly given through social media.

Minister held an emergency meeting

Following the incident, the central government called an emergency meeting in the third week of October. Civil Aviation Minister K Ramamohan Naidu said law enforcement agencies are actively investigating all cases of bomb threats against airlines and the government is closely monitoring the situation. Naidu chaired a meeting with officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Home Ministry and Civil Aviation Ministry.

--Advertisement--