Thursday, October 18, 2012

Airport drama: Passengers enter cockpit, panicked pilot sounds hijack alert

Thiruvananthapuram: A hijack alarm was triggered in panic by the woman pilot of an Abu Dhabi-Kochi bound Air India flight after agitated passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit following which six people were detained for questioning.
Creating a ruckus, passengers of Air India Express flight 4422 entered into a heated argument with the pilot after it was diverted to the capital due to poor visibility at Kochi, causing delay by nearly nine hours, airport sources said.
Some of them forced their way into the cockpit at which the pilot pressed the alarm button sending out a hijack message,setting off a flurry of activity with airport security personnel surrounding the plane with 200 passengers on board, airport officials said.
Six passengers were detained and questioned by Central Industrial Security Force personnel when the plane landed at Kochi and later let off.
19/10/12 Indian Express
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