Originally Posted by Asim Aquil

So India negotiated with terrorists, that would definitely kill a lot more than 76 people in the days to come (probably already have).

Originally Posted by lahori Paa jee

India may be planning to come up with a 9-11 of its own. Dont know whats the motive behind this but it surely is a deep planning.

We may be seeing another self created drama of hijacking from Indians.

Of course they are masters in it. History tells this

Originally Posted by hammer

NEW DELHI: Four years after al-Qaida operatives turned planes into missiles and wounded the US, India has decided to adopt stricter anti-hijacking norms which allow shooting down a “hostile” plane if there is conclusive evidence that it is being used to blow up strategic establishments.

"The 9/11 attacks have changed the way the world looked at terrorism. Those attacks made the world realise that even commercial jets could be used as missiles and we have reviewed our anti-hijack norms to meet any such eventuality in the Indian skies," a senior government official said.

The anti-hijack policy — cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) last week — rules out negotiations with hijackers on their demands and makes it clear that talks would only be aimed at preventing loss of life or ending the incident.

The new policy comes nearly six years after militants hijacked an Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu to Kandahar in December 1999. The hijack ended after India freed three militants from jail. One passenger was killed in the incident.

"Any attempt to hijack a plane will be treated as an act of aggression against the country, and no negotiations will be held on the demands of the hijackers. Negotiations, if any, will only be tactical and demands of the hijackers will not be considered if it has an impact on national security," the official said.

Outlining the measures, defence minister Pranab Mukherjee said if any hijacking took place on Indian soil, the aircraft would be immobilised and not allowed to take off.

Under the revised policy, hijackers will be delivered the death penalty.

The new norms promises to end red-tapism to ensure that permissions are granted immediately for armed intervention, a move that would reduce reaction time, sources said.

If an Indian registered plane is hijacked, personnel at all airports shall — without seeking the permission of superior authorities — seek to immobilise the aircraft at that airport itself. In case the plane is air-borne, the new rule states that IAF planes shall escort the hijacked plane within the Indian airspace at all times.

IAF has been given the authority to take necessary steps for scrambling fighter jet to guard and guide the hijacked aircraft and force it to land on an Indian airport. Then, it will be prevented from taking off again by positioning oil tankers in front of the aircraft, a source pointed out.

In case it’s conclusively ascertained that an aircraft has turned rogue — or deviating from its stated flight path — it would be shot down lest it turns into a missile, as it happened on 9/11.


The doubtful nature of the aircraft can be assessed from factors like its deviation from originally allotted flight path, non-compliance by pilots to instructions given by Air Traffic Control, switching off the plane’s transponders, no response to radio telephony and aligning of the flight path to a strategic target like VVIP areas or nuclear installations.

"Unless the pilot communicates, to the full satisfaction of the ATC, that the plane has not been hijacked and a technical failure of the transporder is responsible for communication links failing, the plane would be considered hijacked... Once it is determined that the plane will be used as a missile to target strategic buildings or thickly populated buildings, the aircraft will be termed hostile and IAF will take action to destroy it," the official said.

The new policy lays down procedures to ensure NSG commandos, accompanied by a central negotiating team, are airborne within two hours of hijack, sources said.

TimesofIndia

Originally Posted by Asim Aquil

So India negotiated with terrorists, that would definitely kill a lot more than 76 people in the days to come (probably already have).