HIJACK-LD ALERT 2LST

Hijacking could be attempted by the terrorists from
airports located at Yangon, Dhaka and Colombo. Security of
planes operating to Bhutan has also been beefed up, official
sources said.
Following this input, the Civil Aviation Ministry has
directed all the airlines especially Air India to take extra
steps besides asking BCAS to deploy sky marshals on aircraft
operating on such routes, the sources said.
On its part, the External Affairs Ministry of India
has asked Indian missions, particularly in SAARC countries, to
brief the staff of the Air India and other Indian carriers
about the threat.
Taking a serious view of the threat, the Home Ministry
Thursday issued directions to upgrade security.
The intelligence input has been shared with India by
Western spy agencies which had received an intercept.
The BCAS has issued an advisory to all airlines to
conduct a mandatory secondary ladder point check on all
aircraft flying in the region. PTI