Indian airports are on high alert after a threat was made over the weekend to hijack a state-run Air India flight.
The anonymous caller phoned in the threat to the Kolkata office of Air India, according to NDTV. The brief call was allegedly made in Bengali, but the caller did not specify which flight would be targeted.
The call prompted Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and others across the nation to increase security measures. According to India Express, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has increased security at major airports across the country and "anti-hijacking and anti-sabotage measures have been put in place to thwart any such attempt." Read more...
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