Air India Hijack Scare

The Home Ministry is now looking into the curious incident on board London-Delhi Air India flight when a group of passengers, who claimed to be doctors, reportedly insisted on meeting the captain while treating a fellow passenger who suddenly took ill.

The Air India and civil aviation authorities today rejected media reports of an aborted hijack attempt on the national carrier's London-Delhi flight. "There is no truth in it," Civil Aviation Secretary V Somasundaram told Press Trust of India.

On Friday, there were nearly 150 passengers on board the Air India flight from Abu Dhabi to Kochi. Captain Rupali Waghmare had to divert the plane to Thiruvananthapuram because of fog. The flight landed there at 6:40 am. Nearly an hour later, she sounded an emergency. The passengers and pilot offer different versions of why.

The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvanthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.

The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvananthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.

An Air India woman pilot, who sent a hijack message to officials at the Thiruvananthapuram airport this morning after passengers tried to force their way into the cockpit, has filed a written complaint that they threatened her, tried to assault her and stopped her from getting off the plane. According to local media reports, six passengers have bee...

The Home Ministry is now looking into the curious incident on board London-Delhi Air India flight when a group of passengers, who claimed to be doctors, reportedly insisted on meeting the captain while treating a fellow passenger who suddenly took ill.

The Air India and civil aviation authorities today rejected media reports of an aborted hijack attempt on the national carrier's London-Delhi flight. "There is no truth in it," Civil Aviation Secretary V Somasundaram told Press Trust of India.

On Friday, there were nearly 150 passengers on board the Air India flight from Abu Dhabi to Kochi. Captain Rupali Waghmare had to divert the plane to Thiruvananthapuram because of fog. The flight landed there at 6:40 am. Nearly an hour later, she sounded an emergency. The passengers and pilot offer different versions of why.

The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvanthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.

The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvananthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.

An Air India woman pilot, who sent a hijack message to officials at the Thiruvananthapuram airport this morning after passengers tried to force their way into the cockpit, has filed a written complaint that they threatened her, tried to assault her and stopped her from getting off the plane. According to local media reports, six passengers have bee...