NEW DELHI – A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight was created in India.
The pilot “mistakenly” pressed the ‘hijack button’ when it was taxiing fortake-off, officials said.
The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane, with nine crew members and 124 passengersand an infant, took off nearly two hours later after “satisfactory”security checks, they said.
The officials said the pressing of ‘hijack button’ had pushed all agenciesconcerned, including the anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG),into action.
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NSG link commandos and officials of otheragencies swiftly responded to the situation and surrounded the aircraft,they said.
After a two-hour operation that created panic among the passengers on boardthe aircraft, the plane was cleared for take-off, they said.
