Kalam is yet to receive apology from Continental Airlines

Kochi/New Delhi, July 23 (PTI) Former President of
India A P J Abdul Kalam is "yet" to receive the apology from
America's Continental Airlines for breaching the protocol
norms by frisking him at Delhi's international airport.

"I have not yet received it," said Kalam when asked
about the apology sent by the airline.

On Wednesday, Continental Airlines had apologised to
Kalam following a political uproar in the country over the
frisking of the former President at Delhi's international
airport before he was to board a Newark-bound flight on April
21.

Asked whether he had felt insulted when he was
subjected to the security check, Kalam, who is in Kochi,
declined to comment, saying the issue has been discussed in
Parliament.

When contacted, the airline Thursday said it had sent
the apology letter to Kalam's Delhi office as directed by his
official staff and since the former President was travelling,
his staff may not have been able to communicate to him about
the letter.

"We are waiting for him to return to Delhi so that we
can apologise to the former president in person," Aparna
Srivastava, public relations officer of the airline, said. PTI