Thiruvananthapuram: The Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials on Saturday reached Trivandrum to look into the probe into the 'hijack' episode at the airport here. The Kerala Police has already began their probe into the matter. Director General of Police KS Balasubramanian formed a team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police KS Vimal after receiving a complaint from the commander of the Air India Express flight W Rupali that she was threatened by angry passengers.
Airport officials here have identified the six passengers who created trouble inside the aircraft. The details of the six passengers have been noted by Kochi airport officials. The passengers were let off soon after they arrived at the terminal of Kochi airport on Friday evening. The probe would cover allegations that a few passengers had entered the cockpit of the aircraft. "All aspects leading to this peculiar situation would be probed. We will ask the six passengers to come before us, besides the captain and the crew," Vimal said. Rupali on Friday gave her statement to police here.
Trouble started at 7 am on Friday when the flight landed at the capital city airport after being diverted from Kochi because of bad weather. Passengers were told they would have to travel by road to Kochi. Annoyed, passengers protested as the distance by road between the two cities is nearly 220 km. The passengers' anger forced the woman pilot to send an alert to air traffic control, an official said.
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12:03 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A case has been registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. Police said the case was registered based on a complaint by the Abu Dhabi-Kochi bound flight pilot Rupali Waghmare, who sent the hijack alert in panic after agitated passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. In her complaint, which was sent to...
10:44 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday asked for recordings of the black box of the Air India Express plane after a high drama unfolded at Thiruvananthapuram when some agitated passengers entered the cockpit, leading its pilot to press the hijack alarm. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the pilots to appear before it to provide their version of the incident and directed the airline to submit...
08:39 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Angry passengers aboard a Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight on Friday triggered high drama at Thiruvananthapuram airport, Kerala. The woman pilot called in a hijack alert after a few passengers allegedly tried to barge into the cockpit. The passengers were upset that the flight had been redirected to Thiruvananthapuram due to bad weather. What followed was almost right out of a movie, with security forces swooping in to...
08:27 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: All the six passengers of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight, who were detained at the Kochi airport over a false hijack ruckus on Friday, have been released. High drama unfolded at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram when the pilot of the Air India flight pressed the hijack button in panic after irate passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. The passengers allegedly refused to deboard at Thiruvananthapuram, where the flight...
05:11 PM, Oct 19, 2012
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