Airports across India on high alert following hijack threat

Haole Girl

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Sun Nov-12-06 01:48 PM
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Airports across India on high alert following hijack threat

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/12/asia/AS_GEN_India_Airports_On_Alert.php

Airports across India on high alert following hijack threat

NEW DELHI: Airports across India were put on high alert Sunday after a warning that a plane flying to Europe or the United States could be hijacked, officials said.

Officials at the airport in the southern Indian city of Chennai tightened security for passengers boarding flights to Europe and the U.S., adding a second round of body checks using metal detectors.

"We have taken special security measures in view of the threats," said Dinesh Kumar, the airport's director of security....

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Sun Nov-12-06 02:06 PM
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1. Geez, the three-hour rampage by the rabid dog today wasn't

enough to trouble them, was it?

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Haole Girl

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Sun Nov-12-06 02:32 PM
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2. I guess not

;-)

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Haole Girl

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Sun Nov-12-06 03:40 PM
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3. Here is another article on the same thing, with added info:

http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=FBI+sounds+alert+on+flights+to+US&id=20724&category=National

Indian security agencies claim that the FBI's warning came after they received an e-mail from Chennai. Police are tracing the IP address of the computer used to send the e-mail.

"There is no reason to panic. All precautions have been taken. Our main concern is to ensure passenger security," said Dinesh Kumar, Director, Chennai airport.

Last week, there was a similar alert when a letter was found at Trichy airport claiming Al-Qiada attacks on airports in south India.

Investigations later revealed it to be a hoax.

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