Anti-hijack exercise held at INS Dega
The Hindu
VISAKHAPATNAM
An anti-hijack mock drill was conducted at Visakhapatnam Airport by INS Dega on Wednesday.
The exercise was conducted under a simulated mock situation and involved actions by various agencies including Marine Commandos, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and State government agencies. The objective of the exercise was to test the efficacy of the contingency plan and procedures to deal with hijack threats by all stakeholders.
An Indian Naval Dornier aircraft was utilised to simulate a mock situation for initiating coordinated action by all stakeholders.
On completion of the exercise, a debrief was conducted and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were revalidated to effectively deal with future contingencies.
The anti-hijack mock drill is conducted at every Indian airport annually as mandated by the National Civil Aviation Security Programme with an aim to test the efficiency of the airport’s contingency plan and to familiarise all agencies with their respective responsibilities in a hijack-like situation.
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