The Indian Railways has taken a new security-related decision. The railway’s body in India is planning to make the arrival compulsory at least 20 minutes before the train arrives. The time will be utilised in completing the process of security checks. Arun Kumar, Railway Protection Force Director was quoted by PTI[Read More…]
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Government seeks report from IndiGo over passenger manhandling
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Tuesday said that a detailed report has been sought from budget carrier IndiGo regarding the incident at Delhi airport last month, when a passenger was manhandled by the airline’s staff. The incident which took place on October 15 surfaced on[Read More…]
FB post claiming harassment of a 53-year old woman by Jet Airways goes viral
A Facebook post depicting one of the worst kinds of experience during the process of boarding a flight is going viral now. The post was shared by one Kawaljit Singh Bhatia on late Friday night. The terrible episode took place after Kawaljit dropped his mom, an elderly woman who was[Read More…]
Air India, Indigo aircraft nearly collided at IGI
Muhammad Ali’s son detained; asked about name, religion for hours at airport
The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained by immigration officials earlier this month at a Florida airport and was repeatedly asked about his religion for hours. The 44-years-old Muhammad Ali’s son and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the first wife of Ali, were arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport[Read More…]
Shanghai airport bomber jailed for 8 years
A Chinese man was sentenced on Friday to 8-years in prison for detonating home-made explosives inside Shanghai’s international airport last year, said a court in the city. Three people were injured in the attack at Pudong International Airport by Zhou Xingbai on June 12. The 29-years-old (at the time of[Read More…]
Centre to rechristen all existing airports named after personalities
Central government is considering a proposal to rename all existing airports as well as future greenfield airports after the names of the respective cities and not after any personality, The Indian Express reported. According to the report, the government is examining the proposal and is expected to take a decision[Read More…]
Man creates ruckus on Delhi-Mumbai Jet flight
Illegal smuggling of tobacco, gold at the Mumbai airport
Two passengers Vijay Kumar Natvarlal Rupapara and Manish Kumar Mansukhlal Khambani holding Indian passports on their departure to Lubumbashi via Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Air flight no. ET 641 were stopped at the airport. The passengers were allegedly attempting to export 5869 pouches and 900 tins of tobacco products, 185.5 kgs of[Read More…]
Airports to get lie-detecting kiosks for potential terrorists
Airports around the world could soon be seeing installations of lie-detecting kiosks that can changes in physiology and behaviour during interviews with travellers. The new innovation comes as a help to security agents to screen for criminals and potential terrorists. The system is called AVATAR, which is short for Automated[Read More…]