A bomb threat email targeting an incoming Riyadh-Hyderabad flight triggered heightened security at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. After the aircraft landed safely, exhaustive searches found no explosives. Police registered a case and launched an investigation to identify the email sender
Hyderabad’s RGIA was placed on high alert after an email warned of bombs on two incoming flights. British Airways flight BA 277 landed safely and was cleared after checks, while Kuwait Airways flight KU 373 returned to its departure airport.
IndiGo team says check-in luggage had prohibited items. In a series of tweets that went back and forth, the Telugu actor and the airline stuck to their ground
Airports must make it mandatory to provide separate trays for placing shoes and footwear at the security check-in counters to avoid cross contamination with many passengers using the same tray for placing shoes and other personal belongings. This poses the risk of cross contamination, say experts
A senior AAI official claims that the average time to frisk a passenger will be cut in half from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, with the millimetre-wave technology-based full-body scanners.
