New Delhi: Air India’s Mumbai control centre on Saturday received a phone call threatening to hijack its plane, following which Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) ordered all airlines and CISF to follow specific enhanced measures to ensure security, according to an official note.

A telephonic message received by the station duty office, Air India AOCC Airport Operation Control Centre Mumbai, stating information regarding a threat to Indian Airlines flight getting hijacked to Pakistan on 23-Feb-2019,” stated the BCAS note dated February 23.

“In view of the above, Airport Security Unit/ Aviation Security Group and all aircraft operators shall adopt the following (eight) measures with immediate effect,” the note added.

Both APSU and ASG are part of the Central Industrial Security Force. Indian Airlines is a part of the Air India.

The Bill provides death punishment for the offence of hijacking, where such offence results in the death of a hostage or of a security personnel; or with imprisonment for life and the moveable and immoveable property of such persons shall also be liable to be confiscated,” the central government said in a statement on December 3, 2014.