New Delhi, July 21: In a breach of protocol, former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who is exempted from security checks due to his status, was frisked by an American airlines at the international airport here before boarding the aircraft.
The Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered a probe into the incident involving the ground security staff of Continental Airlines which subjected Kalam to security check before he was to board a Newark-bound flight on April 24.
“The incident took place on April 24 at the Indira Gandhi international airport when Kalam was travelling to the US. He was treated like an ordinary passenger,” sources close to Kalam told PTI.
They said Kalam did not take up the issue with the government. “It is the airline policy to check everyone. They never listen to any Indian agency,” they said.
–PTI