India – Airports On Alert For Hijack Attempt By United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa)
January 2, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
All airports in the country were today advised to adopt “heightened security measures” following an intelligence tip-off that the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) is planning to hijack an aircraft.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS) has alerted airports across the North-east, saying Ulfa is more likely to attempt to hijack a plane at some airport in the N-E to demand the release of its jailed founding members.
A red alert has been sounded in airports across the country, sources in the Union civil aviation ministry confirmed. Paramilitary forces have been deployed in all airports in the N-E and Army units near the airports have been asked to stand by.
Emergency anti-hijacking measures and multi-layered security arrangements have been put in place at most of the crucial N-E airports. This is the third such warning against the Ulfa from BCAS. Two earlier warnings were issued in 2004.
