The looming fear of terror has now made airlines think of implementing special security measures on flights. Airlines in India have woken up to the fact that their cabin crews need training in judo and karate.
“We feel combat training for cabin crew is called for. Martial arts like judo and karate will help us in the long run. At the moment, this is loud thinking on our part,” said S Venkat, general manager, public relations, Air India.
Though some cabin crew training institutes do teach combat training, they are not sure about unarmed-crew-members-versus-armed-terrorists concept.
“We will have to assess what is practical. Our Bureau of Civil Aviation Security is studying various security measures than can be put in place,” said Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel.
A domestic airport official said Indians would have to get accustomed to frisking.
12/08/06 Neeta Kolhatkar/Daily News & Analysis
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