May 20,2018:
Mumbai based jeweller Birju Kishore Salla, who created a hijack scare on a Jet Airways’ flight in 2017 has become the first person to be put on the no-fly list (NFL).
According to a report, he has been banned from boarding Jet Airways’ planes for five years.
A Senior official of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has stated that, ”This is the first case of an Indian carrier putting someone on the NFL. Jet Airways has informed us that after following due procedure, they have banned him (Salla) for five years with effect from November 2017 for breach of security.”
He further added that,"It is the airline’s responsibility to inform other carriers and then it is up to them whether they also put the person on their NFLs. We will continue to maintain a database for such passengers".
On October 30, 2017 the jeweller was detained for allegedly planting a note about hijackers and a bomb in the toilet of a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad. Flight 9W 339, which had taken off from Mumbai at 2.55 am with 115 passengers and seven crew members, was diverted to Ahmedabad airport around 3.45 am.
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