A Mock Anti-Hijack and Mass Causality Evacuation Exercise was conducted by INS Dega at Visakhapatnam Airport on 18 Oct 2023. The exercise was conducted under a simulated situation and involved actions by various agencies including MARCOS, CISF, AAI and State Government agencies. The objective of the exercise was to test efficacy of contingency plans and procedures to deal with hijack threats by all stakeholders. The Anti-Hijack Exercise was conducted with a mock situation created using a Naval aircraft for initiating coordinated actions by all stakeholders from Indian Navy, Airport and other Central and State agencies. On completion of exercise, debrief was conducted and SOPs were revalidated to effectively deal with future contingencies. Anti-Hijack Mock Drill is conducted at every Indian airport annually as mandated by National Civil Aviation Security Programme with an aim to test efficiency of Airport’s Contingency plan and to familiarise all agencies about their respective responsibilities in a hijack situation. On completion of Anti-Hijack Exercise, Mass Casualty Evacuation Exercise was also conducted to test preparedness of various agencies involved, including facilitation of green channel from expeditious movement of ambulances from Airport to KGH.
