Hijack alert on Air India flight at Kolkata Airport triggers security emergency; aircraft shifted to isolation bay
An Air India flight bound for Mumbai from Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was moved to an isolation bay on Wednesday morning after the pilot transmitted a hijack alert code to Air Traffic Control (ATC) prior to take-off.
Published: Nov 11, 2026, 12:18 PM IST
| Updated: Nov 11, 2026, 12:24 PM IST
An Air India flight bound for Mumbai from Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was moved to an isolation bay on Wednesday morning after the pilot transmitted a hijack alert code to Air Traffic Control (ATC) prior to take-off.
Air India flight AI 772 bound for Mumbai was grounded at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday morning following a hijack alert transmitted by the pilot just moments before scheduled take-off.
Security agencies and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel immediately isolated the Airbus A320neo, moving it to a remote bay to initiate mandatory anti-sabotage and passenger screening protocols.
More details are awaited...
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