Hijack Alarm

Twitter users, initially concerned about Krushna Ch Behera, later found his tweet funny and also called for action to be taken against him.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking, according to sources familiar with the situation, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police.

A passenger on a Jet Airways flight from Kolkata to Mumbai this morning was taken off the plane and arrested after he was seen sending a photo of himself with a handkerchief covering half his face on Snapchat with a comment that read, "Terrorist on board, I destroy women's hearts".

A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.

A frequent flyer traveling on the Jet Airways Mumbai-Delhi flight early this morning has confessed to planting a threatening note in a toilet, which set off a hijack alarm, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said.

It was the classic case of 'crying wolf'. On Sunday, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad international airports went into a tizzy, on high security alert mode following what the security agencies called a hijack threat. Anti-terror drills were launched, sniffer dogs deployed, extra checking done. Now it appears that a young man from Hyderabad, who was tr...

A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accidentally pressed an emergency alarm, creating a hijack scare and triggering a major security response at Manila airport on Tuesday, authorities said.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane was temporarily isolated after landing at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday following a false hijack alarm, airline and airport officials said.

The hijacking of a police officer's car by terrorists disguised in uniform should have set off alarm bells and helped prevent the deadly weekend attack on the Pathankot air base, officials and security experts have said.

A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.

The woman pilot of the Air India flight involved in the hijack alarm case today stuck to her stand that she was compelled to act as "a hijack-like situation" prevailed with protests by passengers after the Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight was diverted here on October 19. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up by the state government to find out if the...

Lashing out at Air India over the recent hijack alarm incident at the airport in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday said what had happened could only be seen as "sheer cruelty" by the airline authorities towards passengers from the state.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy ordered a probe into the incident of protest by passengers of an Air India flight at the International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday that led to a hijack alarm.

The alarm sounded at 6:40 am It could have been a fire or a man overboard. But in the waters off the coast of Oman near the Gulf of Aden, the sound meant one thing to the crew of the Enrica Ievoli: pirates. The ship was carrying 15,000 tons of caustic soda from Iran to Turkey when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, who held the 18-man crew hostage ...

Twitter users, initially concerned about Krushna Ch Behera, later found his tweet funny and also called for action to be taken against him.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking, according to sources familiar with the situation, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police.

A passenger on a Jet Airways flight from Kolkata to Mumbai this morning was taken off the plane and arrested after he was seen sending a photo of himself with a handkerchief covering half his face on Snapchat with a comment that read, "Terrorist on board, I destroy women's hearts".

A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.

A frequent flyer traveling on the Jet Airways Mumbai-Delhi flight early this morning has confessed to planting a threatening note in a toilet, which set off a hijack alarm, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said.

It was the classic case of 'crying wolf'. On Sunday, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad international airports went into a tizzy, on high security alert mode following what the security agencies called a hijack threat. Anti-terror drills were launched, sniffer dogs deployed, extra checking done. Now it appears that a young man from Hyderabad, who was tr...

A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accidentally pressed an emergency alarm, creating a hijack scare and triggering a major security response at Manila airport on Tuesday, authorities said.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane was temporarily isolated after landing at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday following a false hijack alarm, airline and airport officials said.

The hijacking of a police officer's car by terrorists disguised in uniform should have set off alarm bells and helped prevent the deadly weekend attack on the Pathankot air base, officials and security experts have said.

A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.

The woman pilot of the Air India flight involved in the hijack alarm case today stuck to her stand that she was compelled to act as "a hijack-like situation" prevailed with protests by passengers after the Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight was diverted here on October 19. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up by the state government to find out if the...

Lashing out at Air India over the recent hijack alarm incident at the airport in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday said what had happened could only be seen as "sheer cruelty" by the airline authorities towards passengers from the state.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy ordered a probe into the incident of protest by passengers of an Air India flight at the International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday that led to a hijack alarm.

The alarm sounded at 6:40 am It could have been a fire or a man overboard. But in the waters off the coast of Oman near the Gulf of Aden, the sound meant one thing to the crew of the Enrica Ievoli: pirates. The ship was carrying 15,000 tons of caustic soda from Iran to Turkey when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, who held the 18-man crew hostage ...