Overview

• Officials are analyzing drill outcomes to pinpoint shortfalls and strengthen interagency threat-response protocols.
• Dual simulations began July 18 with an armed assault on AAI offices at 9:00 pm and a hijack of an A320 at 9:34 pm that carried 75 dummy passengers.
• After negotiations faltered at 2:15 am on July 19, NSG commandos stormed the aircraft, rescuing all dummies and neutralizing mock hijackers.
• In the second scenario, NSG forces, with initial containment by West Bengal STF, freed 12 staff hostages and neutralized six simulated terrorists by 4:25 am.
• AAI, CISF, IB, MHA, ATC, airlines, West Bengal STF and NSG tested crisis communication flow and decision-making under complex aviation threat conditions.