Security Protocol Activated Following Mid-Air ‘Hijack’ Alert On Mumbai-Bound Air India Flight

On Monday night, at 8:40 PM, Air India flight AI 2957, which had just departed from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, triggered an emergency alert to Air Traffic Control (ATC). The alert, which was a squawk code of 7500, indicated that the aircraft was potentially hijacked. This code, commonly associated with unlawful interference or hijacking, immediately set off a chain of protocol that would involve multiple security agencies, air traffic controllers, and military…