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24 December 1999 (9 Dec 2056) 

The last Christmas Eve of the millennium ie today . The Indian Airlines Airbus A-300 plane was scheduled to return to Kathmandu after taking 178 passengers from flight number 813 to Kathmandu to experience the cold natural beauty of Nepal.

'IC-814' flight number 150 Indians, 8 Nepalis, 4 Swiss, 4 Canadians, 2 Italians, 1 Japanese, 1 American, 1 French, 1 Australian and 4 minors were on board the ship from New Delhi. Passengers were . 11 crew members (two pilots, one engineer, 8 cabin-crew) were on the flight.

The same plane was hijacked and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan. It has been exactly 25 years since this plane hijacking happened. But still about this incident  Discussion and interest are equal.

Almost four months ago, with the release of a series called 'IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack' on Netflix based on this true incident, the question of Nepal's airport security raised after the incident has been revived.  Actor Vijay Burma, who played the role of Captain Devi Sharan in the

TV series, spoke to the passengers after learning that the ship had been hijacked, the captain apologized to the passengers from the cockpit and told them that the ship had been hijacked, and promised to try his best to bring everyone home as soon as possible. ;

A painful incident in the history of airport security

This incident is a painful chapter in the history of airport security in Nepal and the Prime Minister was Krishna Prasad Bhattarai . Vijayakumar Gachchdar was in charge of Tourism Minister. Narayan Singh was the Assistant Minister of Tourism. The next day after the

incident, the Council of Ministers formed a five-member high-level investigation committee on January 10. The committee headed by retired Inspector General of Police Hem Bahadur Singh had then Home Secretary Khemraj Regmi, former head of National Investigation Department Bishnuraj Pant, former Tejendrajung Thapa as member and then Secretary of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry Varun Prasad Shrestha as Member-Secretary.  The

committee was given the main 'two responsibilities' of reviewing the security of Tribhuvan International Airport, the entire system related to air safety, the structure and rationale of the bodies working at Tribhuvan International Airport, etc. and suggesting immediate and long-term improvements.  A month after the

incident, the committee submitted its report to the then Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Vijay Kumar Gachchdar on January 9. Minister Gachchdar, who held the Ministry of Tourism till March 05, did not publish the report during his term. Because, at that time, the information about the hijacking of the ship was made public a few months ago . Gachchdar left without publishing the report as it was mentioned in the report that the government was not serious despite getting the information.  

After him, 32 ministers changed in the Ministry of Tourism. No one even tried to make this report public. At the moment, this report is neither with the Ministry of Tourism, nor with the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority and  With Tribhuvan International Airport .  How did the

incident happen? 

According to the investigation report received by Kantipur, Indian Airlines flight number-813 from Delhi, India was scheduled to land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 1 o'clock in the day . IC-814 was scheduled to depart on the same day at 1:30 PM. However, on that day, the plane landed 2 hours 36 minutes later than the scheduled time i.e. at 3:36 p.m. and took off for Delhi at 4:27 p.m. According to the

report, the aircraft was handed over to the Banaras Control of India at 4:47 pm after crossing the airspace of Nepal and entering the Indian airspace.

Due to the lack of proper communication with the Indian air traffic control center even by the estimated time of reaching Lucknow provided by the aircraft, the Delhi air traffic control center of India requested information from the air control center (approach control) of Tribhuvan International Airport on frequency 120.6 MHz . At that time, the Civil Aviation Office of Tribhuvan International Airport contacted Delhi and Banaras air traffic control centers on the satellite communication hotline as they had doubts about the current status of the aircraft. In the report, it is mentioned that the plane landed at Amritsar Airport in India at 7:17 pm as informed by Banaras air traffic control center at 7:36 pm according to Nepali time. 

When the Indian Airlines plane leaves the skies of Nepal and enters the Indian skies, the captain speaks from the cockpit,  Good evening! I am speaking Captain ...I regret to inform you that the aircraft has been hijacked . Trust me,' promises Captain Devi Sharan, 'I will try to get everyone home as soon as possible!' 

Nepal got information about this incident of plane hijacking only three hours late . It is written in the report, "It was reported from the Delhi control center that the plane was hijacked by 5 hijackers". It has been confirmed that Indian Airlines Flight IC-814, which flew from Kathmandu to Delhi, was hijacked by other media. According to

report, the hijacked plane landed in Lahore, Pakistan at 8:42 Nepali time. . At that place, the plane filled with fuel left Lahore at 10:55 Nepali time for Kabul, Afghanistan. As there was no night landing equipment in Kabul, the plane was taken to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The plane landed in Dubai at 1:50 pm according to Nepali time . The kidnappers freed 27 people from Dubai including 1 minor and the remaining women. Similarly, the body of Rupin Katyal, who died due to stabbing, was also taken out there. Katyal, who was on honeymoon in Nepal with his wife, died in the sky while the ship was going from Lahore to Dubai. The next day, Indian Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav brought the bodies of the 27 women and children and Indian citizen Katyal from Dubai to Delhi by charter plane. Tourism Minister Yadav was in charge of coordinating the crisis management of the plane hijacking incident in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The hijackers took the plane under their control to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan at 8:30 PM on January 10th according to Nepali time. The Investigative Committee, which relied on Indian television for most of the "information" at that time, wrote about the condition of the ship and passengers on the third day, "Regarding the release of the hijacked aircraft and passengers, talks were held with the hijackers and the United Nations representative". An Indian sick passenger named Anil Khurana was freed and a team of Indian negotiators left to negotiate with the hijackers.' 

At that time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established a command post at the Tribhuvan International Airport to collect information about this incident and discuss with the parents of Nepali passengers. Likewise, an employee of the Royal Nepali Embassy in Islamabad was also sent to Kandahar for necessary support and coordination. A week after the

incident 

On the seventh day (15th of August) after the incident, the final talks were held between the Indian government and the kidnappers. It is mentioned that when the Tribhuvan International Airport related body contacted Delhi at 10 am on 15th January 2056, it was informed that the talks with the kidnappers were continuing and that they were getting close to an agreement. After contacting Delhi at 8:30 pm, Indian negotiators freed the terrorists as per the demand and freed the kidnappers and released the kidnapped passengers. It is mentioned in the report that the plane departed from New Delhi to Kandahar, Afghanistan to pick up the abandoned passengers and thus ended the plane hijacking case. 

The plane hijacker, who was supposed to reach Delhi in one and a half hours, took it to Kandahar in Afghanistan via Amritsar in India, Lahore in Pakistan, Dubai and freed it 7 days after the hijacking. 

According to the records of the immigration office at the airport at that time, the names of the hijackers involved in the hijacking are AA Sheikh, SA Qazi, Zahoor Ibrahim Mistry, Syed Shahid Akhtar, Rajesh Gopal Barma. After this incident, the names and details of the kidnappers released by the Indian government and those written in the records of Nepal's study office seem to be different. At that time, Indian travelers could travel only by showing their passports and other identification documents, so the names in Nepal's records were wrongly written. 

happened like this Khantalasi   

According to the agreement between India and Nepal in 1997, passports shown by Indian and Nepalese passengers departing from the airports of both countries, drivers  A rule was implemented to accept documents such as certificates, voter certificates, ration cards and recommendations from government agencies as official evidence. 

At that time, among the five hijackers involved in the plane hijacking, A. A. Sheikh purchased air tickets from Kathmandu's Gorkha Travels and Tours Pvt. Ltd., S. A. Kazi from Himalaya Travels and Mistry, Akhtar and Burma from Everest Express Tours and Travels to reach Delhi from Indian Airlines.  In the

ship hijacking, these 5 people used to call each other by the nicknames Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola and Shankar. India has been saying that all these are of Pakistani origin. However, it is mentioned in the report that their nationality was Indian at that time, from the boarding card they filed with the immigration office and the half-cut of the ticket left by the airline. 

In that barbaric incident that caught the attention of the world, an Indian passenger died from the stabbing of the kidnapper . India had to release 3 imprisoned terrorist fighters in return for the return of the ship and passengers. India could not arrest those kidnappers. The Indian government's decision to release the ship and passengers has been criticized until now.

India drew the attention of the international community saying that Pakistan had a role in this abduction. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requested. India has submitted a diplomatic note to Pakistan with evidence including the citizenship of those involved in the abduction. Reminding Pakistan that it has signed many treaties on terrorism, India has been asking to extradite the involved terrorists to India. However, Pakistan has been rejecting India's diplomatic note.

The commission has seen during the investigation that when they entered the Kathmandu airport on that day, they entered through the specified route and checked in like other passengers. "It seems that the hijackers entered through the designated route like other passengers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi, checked their baggage at the check-in baggage screening point, showed the ticket and baggage at the airline counter and took the boarding pass," the report said.

Among the kidnappers, RG Burma's baggage seems to have been 'checked in' only. After receiving the boarding pass and submitting the embarkation card at the immigration counter, showing the recognized identity card and completing the necessary formalities, going to the screening point for security check, it can be seen from their embarkation card collected at the immigration counter. From the immigration hall, passengers can only go through the screening point to go to the departure lounge . According to the report, they also went through the departure lounge to the plane like normal passengers.

weapons real or fake ? 

The report led by former Inspector General of Police Singh did not reveal about the use of large weapons by the kidnappers from Kathmandu to Kandahar. Based on the interviews given by the passengers after being freed from the abduction, the report also details that they had a knife, pistol and grenades etc. weapons. .

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was the minister minister in India, in India, who lions lions & nbsp;. He said that the abductors already killed four passengers to put pressure on the Government of India to put pressure on the Government of India to press the Government of India and Nbsp;. & Nbsp;

was also said to be furious in Jaqan Section (Foreign Member of Ansiya, the abacc arr of abduction after the abduction of the incident, "we knew That may be pressured by these messages & nbsp;. But there was no way to confirm the relevant facts condemptly, the relevant facts and nbsp looks at the weapons used in Nepal's investigation committee to abducting and NBSP;. "Looking up the weapons used at the beginning for the abduction of abduction for the abduction of abduction work, a small amount of frustrator is a dollar or tone of bomb and nbsp;. After the redemption, he was seen in the hands of the abductors and Nbsp;. Which was different types than at the beginning .. A stamped of an abducted aircraft seems to be stabbed in the throat while he was stabbed in the throat and nbsp; 5 Thus, it is clear of the weapons used by the abductors, but not the status of the pistol and the pistol was a spade or nbsp;. '& Nbsp; The Commission seems that the weapon was estimated which way is being made up by the way to the Story-BREA aircraft. The report says, 'The abductors do not seem to be sure that some weapons were well equipped with some weapons and NBSP;. However, why not imitate those weapons to intimidate and NBSP;. How did those weapons be successful and NBSP, however, succeeded in getting toy pistol and gunfare of taking along with the passengers? It seems necessary for potential path and way of viewing this in this regard; '& Nbsp; & NBSP; The officials of the committees were located about how the story-BREA weapon was taken and Nbsp ;. It is speculated in the report of the committee to be adopted two solutions to take the arms to take the arms to be taken up and nbsp;. & Nbsp;

'for the first way, the abductors used some weaknesses in the security road or in the opposition to the report, "Cryning Point Throups may have been taken to their own bags and needing. Six & nbsp;. & Nbsp; The commission has entered the second way after completing all the procedures of security lawunters by completing all the things in the second ship or as per the airplane, as a plane of the weapon tests. "& nbsp ;

reports has pointed out the risk of weapons after the main security inspection and nbsp;.. "In that moment, the following routes or methods seems to have been used in that time and Nbsp; 5 In India, the abductors underdeveloped Assessorial Information, in a certain position of the plane, and nbsp in a certain position of the plane. Through people providing caating services in Kathmandu & nbsp ;. In the report of the loader or hygiership using the way to the corridor from the baggage to the corridor and NBSP;. & Nbsp; The

Commission has also estimated that the Commission has been imported through the 'Tribhuvan International Airport. & NBSP;

may have been likely to have reached the abode of thousands of weapons to have been reached to the abducting and NBSP; 6 But if the commission does not seem to be found, the commission does not seem to find and nbsp;. & Nbsp; & NBSP;

is also found that the abductors has made it possible for the commission to be taken to Delhi, which may be held by the commission. The estimate is said to report, "Since security is to be applied to the airport before flying aircraft, the so-nbsp;. & Nbsp;

is mentioned in the Catering Van Air in the Catering Van Air in the Catering Van Air, the Commission is not the possibility of taking up weapons from the caterpilion and nbsp;. & nbsp; The

Commission has already estimated the arms ascending goods and consumed with loaders and sanitation and nbsp;.. However, the loader and sanitation of the victim has been reduced by the loader airlines in the commune, and Nbsp is less likely to have been aware of the risk of being aware of the ship.

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Tribhuvan International Airport is the provision of Admission Pass for the forbidden Air Side area of ​​International Airport and Nbsp;. There were three types of passions provided for permanent, temporary, and nbsp by the offices on the issue of the airport sector and one of them. District Office of various Office of District Officas Office of Driberatic Aviation Office of Diplomatic Electricity Office of Diplik Emotions in Kathmandu, which is bestocated in Kathita, has pointed out to the airport to the Aviation of Diplik Emotions in Kathmandu and Nbsp ;. The

report is also said, 'There is also the provision of monitoring and safety examinations of such people and Nbsp ;. But the visa is not found to check and monitor the visars of people in practice. Although the passage of the passage people also had classified on the basis of the needs, the user has not followed the point. In this case, there are more likely to use this type of pass-ranch people to take up arms in Deppy Bhanda, Restraining Van, Loader, Restaurant Employees, Rajan, Rajan, Paman, Rajan, Paman, Paman, Rajan, the reports of this subject Has not say & nbsp;. The report of the security forces and the safety matching the party checking, and Nbsp for the person who has been arranged for the body of the party examination.

is shown on the one hand such as a lack of security, due to lack of security to be trained in duty, which is a long-term purpose inherited shift site rehearsal rehearsal The hijocrats that have been searched for possible measures including screening points including screening, including the screen play, and Nbsp;. & NBSP;

was usually discovered in the order of investigation from various aspects of air flights between Nepal-India, from different aspects and nbsp;. & nbsp;

'is because the possibly has strengthened the possibility of being able to go with arms that would not retain the place of hands by the screen person, "said the report,' said, 'This has said,' This weapon Although or as mentioned above are not mentioned in the middle of the way that or the roads were mentioned, it can be a state of going from here. No sense & nbsp;. '& Nbsp; The commission said that three bodies were responsible for how to avoid the main charge of how the commission had been responsible for the main accusation in that day in that day and Nbsp;. & nbsp;

, SP Binod Thapa of the airport Security Jan, Pashadur Thapa, Khankari Khatari and young Tamukari Khatti and Nbsp;. & NBSP;

the same National Investigation Department of Airport The Airport Visandas Shrestha, Sai Bhumentarraya Bhaskara, and Nbsp;. & NBSP; The

Commission had other employees, Tribhuvan International President Sharma, Technic Misundi, Ramdhani, Mahesh Dhungel and & NBSP; Vimal Gopal Gopal Middleman & Nbsp;. & Nbsp; & NBSP;

Commission has shown that the Prime Minister, Tourism Minister and Security Chief is not responsible for the predement of that incident and nbsp;. "In the context of additional reinforcement and construction management of the plane, the election in the construction of air, the Air protection and air management has disclosed the responsible institution, individuals and actions of the plane reducing, and NBSP; .  The commission has stated that there is no high-level security reserves at the international series that should be at the international airport at the time of working at the rest of the rest of the rest of the rest of the comfort environment.

'TWABLE MAIL ACCUMBER'S A result of the airport management, the airport management, including monitoring, and civil aviation NEA, a civil aviation NEA, "The report says & nbsp;. & Nbsp; What was the security arrangement before the Story-BREA Predicer was abducted before, and Nbsp;? & NBSP; The officials of the commission officials studied about the then security arrangement before hijacking Story Knirat. Despite the provision given by the Citizen Aviation Office in the Depart Section of the Citizen Aviation Office, Urmical people were found to show up the tickets provided by the Air General Company and NBSP;. & NBSP; The reports are noted in the report that other people entering the airport without being attached to story-security officers and distinctive people. According to the report of the 25 years ago, I see the following safety employees to control the following security employees and nbsp;. & Nbsp;

at that time was used as a major tools of passengers checking two items in the groundwork of checking passenged savings. In the spot, security office of the customs officer, the security office of the national police inspected the goods from the exchange of goods, is also reported to the state of the customs office, Department, etc.. The report of the old model is also lacking capacity to show special sensitive items, and NBSP ;. These devices were found by only security personnel at once and Nbsp ;. "The screening inspected by the rushing exchange when it was crowded, and Nbsp ;. The provision of alternate xre machine could be used immediately after those equipment is not immediately used. '

was a small security sticker a little safety sticker to find security checks and nbsp;. The commission found that the sticker was found to be safe enough to be recused and nbsp;. While in the year 1998, the safety of tying goods in the 1998 are also seen in the reports that are not used and Nbsp;. & NBSP;

इन्डियन एयरलायन्सबाट प्रदान गरिने वायुयानमा चढ्ने अनुमतिपत्र कम्प्युटर प्रणालीबाट दिने व्यवस्था त्यसबेला थिएन । वायुसेवाका कर्मचारीले साधारण किसिमको बोर्डिङ पास दिन्थे । जसमा यात्रुहरूको नाम उल्लेख हुँदैनथ्यो । तर, अन्यत्र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय उडानका बोर्डिङ पासमा यात्रुको नाम उल्लेख हुनुपर्ने प्रचलन छ । 

अध्यागमनका कर्मचारीहरूले वायुसेवाको जेनरल डिक्लेरेसन फारममा वायुसेवाको उडानको सम्पूर्ण गमनपत्र पूरा भए/नभएको यकिन नगरीकनै जीडी फाराम सही गरी पठाउने गरेको त्रुटि देखिएको थियो । इन्डियन एयरलायन्स अपहरण भएको उडानको जीडी फारम पनि त्यसरी नै पठाइएको पाइएको थियो । तर पछि अध्यागमनले गमनपत्र गन्ती गर्दा पूरै भेट्टाएको थियो ।

अध्यागमनतर्फ कर्मचारीहरूले सन्तोषजनक तरिकाले काम गरेको नपाइएको भन्दै आयोगले उनीहरूलाई पर्याप्त तालिम नभएको, छिटोछरितो कम्प्युटर प्रणालीबाट निरीक्षण गर्ने व्यवस्था नहुने गरेको औंल्याएको थियो । त्यस्तै अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा कार्यरत अध्यागमनका कर्मचारीहरूमा चुस्ती र फुर्ती पनि नदेखिएको जनाइएको छ । 

त्यसताका प्रस्थान लाउन्जमा तीनवटा श्यामस्वेत एक्सरे उपकरण हाते झोलाहरू निरीक्षण गर्न र यात्रुहरूको शरीर जाँचका लागि तीनवटा वाकथ्रू मेटेल डिटेक्टरहरू राखिएका थिए । 

त्यसैबेला १० वर्ष पुराना भइसकेका ती उपकरण नै यात्रु र हाते झोला जाँच्नुपर्ने मुख्य उपकरण थिए । आयोगले त्यसबेला प्लास्टिक विस्फोटक पदार्थहरू, आरडीएक्स, प्लास्टिक हतियार आदि पत्ता लगाउने क्षमता ती उपकरणमा नभएको उल्लेख गरेको छ ।

यात्रुहरूको शरीर जाँच्ने हैण्डहेल्ड मेटल डिटेक्टरले जीउमा लुकाएको धातु सम्मिलित बस्तुहरू पत्ता लगाउन मुख्य भूमिका हुने भए पनि त्यसबेला प्रयोगमा रहेको त्यो उपकरण पनि पुरानो प्रविधिमा आधारित भएको भनिएको छ । त्यस्तै यात्रुहरूको हाते झोलामा सम्बन्धित वायुसेवाको ह्याण्ड ब्याग ट्याग अनिवार्य रूपमा रहे/नरहेको जाँच गरी सुरक्षा जाँच छाप लगाउने काम पनि नहुने गरेको आयोगको प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लेख छ । 

अति महत्त्वपूर्ण सुरक्षा जाँचसम्बन्धी तालिम प्रहरीले नपाउने गरेको उल्लेख गर्दै आयोगले यात्रुहरू ‘वाक थ्रु’ मेटल डिटेक्टरबाट जाँदा धातुको संकेत घन्टी बज्दा तथा बत्ती बल्दा पनि शरीर छामेर पठाउनुपर्नेमा सुरक्षा जाँचमा सधैं गम्भीर नहुने गरेको आयोगले अनुगमनका क्रममा देखिएको प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लेख छ ।

यात्रुहरूको स्क्रिनिङपछि डिपार्चर लाउन्ज पूर्ण तथा स्टेरायल जोन हुनुपर्छ । यहाँबाट यात्रुहरू बस चढेर जहाजमा चढ्न जान्छन् । तर त्यसबेला डिपार्चर लाउन्जमा नेसनल ट्रेडिङको करमुक्त पसल, चिया चमेना पसल, कन्फेक्सनरी पसल र एक्जिक्युटिभ लाउन्ज थिए । 

‘स्क्रिनिङ प्वाइन्टपछि यस प्रकारको सेवा र सुविधाहरू उपलब्ध हुने हो भने ती क्षेत्रहरूमा कार्यरत रहने कर्मचारी र कामदारहरू तथा ल्याइने सामानहरूको पूर्णतया स्टेरायल हुनु अनिवार्य छ । तर व्यवहारमा ती क्षेत्रहरूमा कार्यरत रहने कर्मचारी तथा कामदारहरूको आवतजावत, सरसामानहरूको ओसारपसारको आवश्यकताले गर्दा सो क्षेत्रमा कार्यरत रहने कामदारहरू र प्रयोग हुने सामानहरू पूर्णतया स्टेरायल गर्न व्यवहारमा कठिनाइ हुने गरेको देखिन्छ,’ प्रतिवेदनम छ । 

त्यसबेला विमानस्थलले जारी गरेका एयरपोर्ट पास भएपछि सुरक्षा जाँच गरिरहनु पर्दैन भन्ने धारणा व्याप्त रहेको उल्लेख गर्दै प्रतिवेदनले विमानस्थलमा कार्यरत कर्मचारीहरू स्टेरायल क्षेत्रमा पूरा सुरक्षा जाँचबिना नै आवतजावत गर्ने गर्थे । अझ पोसाक लगाएका व्यक्तिहरू खासगरी वायुसेवा कम्पनी र विमानस्थलका कर्मचारीहरू बिना सुरक्षा जाँच संवेदनशील स्थानमा आवतजावत गर्ने गरेको भन्दै प्रतिवेदनले भनेको छ, ‘युनिफर्म नै विमानस्थलमा प्रवेश गर्ने अनुमति तथा अधिकारको रूपमा प्रयोग हुने गरेको देखियो ।’

धेरैजसो अन्य अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलहरूमा सुरक्षा जाँचपछि यात्रुहरूलाई अति न्यूनतम सुविधा शौचालय र पानी आदि हुनुपर्नेमा सुरक्षा जाँचपछि रहेका ड्युटी फ्रि शप, कन्फेक्सनरी सप, स्न्याक्स बार, एक्जुकेटिभ लाउन्ज आदि सुरक्षाको दृष्टिकोणले ती स्थानमा रहनु उपयुक्त नदेखिएको प्रतिवेदनमा छ । त्यसबेला वायुयानसम्म जान डिपार्चर लाउन्जबाट दुइटा प्रस्थान ढोका थिए । जहाजलाई जोड्ने ब्रिज नभएकाले त्यसबेला प्रस्थान गर्ने र आगमन हुने यात्रुहरू मिसिन सक्ने खतरा पनि रहेको देखिन्छ ।  

तत्कालीन सरकारले राजपत्रमा व्यवस्था गरेअनुसार भीआईपी कक्ष पनि विमानस्थलमा थियो । औपचारिक कार्यक्रमका लागि तोकिएका व्यक्तिले मात्रै भीआईपी कक्ष पाउँथे  । तर त्यसबेला भीआईपी कक्ष प्रयोग गर्नेहरूलाई सुरक्षा जाँच गर्ने कुनै प्रावधान थिएनन् । भीआईपीसँगै अरू अनावश्यक व्यक्तिहरूको पनि भीआईपी कक्षमा घुइँचो लागिरहन्थ्यो । भीआईपी कक्ष निजी कार्यक्रमको भ्रमणका बेला र परिवार सदस्यहरूको भ्रमणमा पनि दुरुपयोग हुने गरेको आयोगले औंल्याएको थियो । 

विदेशबाट फर्किनेहरू आगमन क्षेत्रबाट आउने भए पनि त्यहाँ रहेको अध्यागमन डेस्कमा आपराधिक क्रियाकलापमा संलग्न आपत्तिजनक व्यक्तिहरूको सूचनासहितको जानकारी हुने कम्प्युटर व्यवस्था नभएको देखिन्छ । त्यसताका साधारण चेकका लागि धेरै समय लाग्ने गरेको प्रतिवेदनमा छ ।

आगमन कक्षको भुइँतलामा भन्सार थियो । भन्सारमा अड्किएका सामान छुटाउन आउनेको भीड यति धेरै थियो कि यस्तो भीडभाड अन्यन्त्र कुनै पनि अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा नहुने गरेको पनि प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लेख छ ।

सीसीटीभी क्यामराको निगरानी कस्तो थियो ? 

त्यसबेला त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा १६ वटा सीसीटीभी क्यामरा थिए । तर ती प्रभावकारी रूपमा सञ्चालनमा थिएनन् । प्रतिवेदनमा १६ मध्ये ४ वटा क्यामेरा मात्रै चालु अवस्थामा रहेको उल्लेख छ । ‘सीसीटीभी नियन्त्रण कक्षमा ४ सय ८० घन्टासम्म रेकर्ड गर्ने प्रावधान रहेकामा कुनै पनि महत्त्वपूर्ण क्षेत्रमा क्यामरा बिग्रेको अवस्था रहेको छ । सीसीटीभीबाट निगरानी भइरहेको छैन । शंकास्पद गतिविधिहरू सीसीटीभी माध्यमबाट प्रभावकारी रूपमा निगरानी गर्न सकिने भए पनि यी पुराना भएकाले नयाँ आधुनिक सीसीटीभी उपकरण जडान गर्न जरुरी भइसकेको छ,’ प्रतिवेदनमा छ । 

त्यस्तै विशेष महत्त्वपूर्ण स्थानमा तैनाथ सुरक्षाकर्मीहरूसँग संचार उपकरण वाकीटाकी पनि उपलब्ध नभएको भन्दै भनिएको छ, ‘उपलब्ध संचार उपकरणहरू, प्रभावकारी रूपले सुरक्षाकर्मीहरूद्वारा सञ्चालन हुन रिपिटर स्टेसनको अभाव छ ।’

त्यतिबेला अहिलेजस्तो विमानस्थलमा विस्फोटक पदार्थहरू भएको शंका भएको ब्यागेजलाई कुकुरको सहायताले निर्क्यौल गर्ने डग स्निफिङको व्यवस्था थिएन । त्यस्तै विमानस्थलमा आतंककारी क्रियाकलाप भएमा तत्काल रोक्न विशेष सुरक्षा टोली पनि नभएको प्रतिवेदनले भनेको छ । 

‘अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानमा राख्ने खानेकुरा विमानस्थल पुर्‍याउने व्यवस्थामा विशेष प्रभावकारी सुरक्षा जाँचको व्यवस्था पनि देखिँदैन । क्याटरिङका सुरक्षा अधिकृतले खाना भ्यानमा राख्ने बेला साधरण निरीक्षण गर्नेबाहेक त्यहाँ सुरक्षा जाँच हुने गरेको बुझिएन,’ प्रतिवेदनमा भनिएको छ, ‘विमानस्थलका प्रवेशद्वारमा क्याटरिङ भ्यानलाई पूर्ण सुरक्षा जाँच गर्ने प्रणाली छैन । खानाहरू विमानमा राख्ने बेलामा सुरक्षा प्रहरी र भन्सार कर्मचारीको रोहबरमा होटलका कर्मचारीले विमानभित्रसम्म राख्ने गर्दछन् । क्याटरिङ भ्यानबाट खाना विमानमा राख्ने र झिक्ने बखतमा सुरक्षा जाँचमा कमी भएको प्रस्ट देखिन्छ ।’

आन्तरिक टर्मिनल भवन र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय एप्रोनको सन्निकटता र खुलापनले गर्दा दुई क्षेत्रबीचको आवतजावत निन्त्रण गर्न कठिनाइ भएको देखाउँदै प्रतिवेदनले त्यसबेला विमानस्थल वरिपरिको पेरिमिटर पर्खाल तथा सेक्युरिटी चेन लिंक फेन्सका कतिपय ठाउँमा मर्मतको आवश्यकता रहेको देखाएको थियो । ‘चेन लिंक फेन्सको जमिन तहमा कंक्रिट ब्लक छैन । त्यसो हुँदा जमिन खोस्रेर सजिलैसँग मानिसहरू निषेधित क्षेत्रभित्र पस्न सक्ने स्थिति छ,’ प्रतिवेदनले भनेको थियो । 

त्यसताका निर्यात गर्ने मालसामानहरू गोदामबाट कार्गो विमानमा राख्दा एक्सरे आदि गर्ने प्रचलन नै नभएको, विमानस्थलको कार्गो गोदाममा कार्गो निरीक्षणको कुनै एक्सरे उपकरण नभएको, एक्सरे संचालन गर्ने सुरक्षाकर्मीमा त्यस विषयमा न्यूनतम तालिम भएको, काम गर्दा गर्दै सिकिन्छ भन्ने मानसिकता पाइएको प्रतिवेदनमा छ ।

विमानस्थलमा कार्यरत रहने सुरक्षाकर्मीहरू छोटो समयमै बराबर सरुवा भइरहने, ड्युटी समयमा अव्यावहारिक रूपले दिनभर लामो अवधि खटिनुपर्ने, अपेक्षित रूपमा सुरक्षाकर्मीमा चुस्ती र चनाखोपनको कमी, दैनिक रूपमा विभिन्न स्थानमा अदलीबदली भइरहने भएकाले विषयवस्तुको विशेषज्ञता हासिल गर्न कठिनाइ हुने गरेको पनि छानबिन समितिले अध्ययनका क्रममा औंल्याएको छ । 

त्यसैगरी वायुसेवा कम्पनीहरूले आ–आफ्ना छुट्टै वायुसेवा सुरक्षा कार्यक्रम नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणबाट स्वीकृत गराएर कार्यान्वयन गर्नुपर्नेमा नगरेको, प्राधिकरणले पनि यस्ता कार्यक्रमलाई अनिवार्य रूपले स्वीकृत गरी लागू नगरेको प्रतिवेदनले उल्लेख गरेको छ । 

जहाज अपहरण भएको दिन विमान उड्नुअघि यात्रुको सिटमाथि रहने ओभरहेड स्टोरेज विनहरूको वायुसेवाका कर्मचारीहरूले निषेधित वस्तुहरू भए/नभएको निरीक्षण नगरेको, विमानस्थलमा आगन्तुकलाई पास दिने टर्मिनल ड्युटी अधिकृतले आगन्तुक पास वितरण गर्दा पास लिएको समय, फिर्ता ल्याएको समय, पास लिने व्यक्तिको हस्ताक्षर आदि पूर्ण विवरणहरू पूरा नलेखेको जनाउँदै आयोगले यसरी विवरण अधुरै हुने प्रचलन करिब एक वर्षदेखि रहेको औंल्याएको थियो । 

आयोगले खासगरी त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा कार्यरत कर्मचारीहरू अध्यागमन, भन्सार, सुरक्षा, वायुसेवा लगायत निकायका कर्मचारीले नेपाल र भारतबीचको उडानलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय उडानका रूपमा नभई भिन्दै रूप अर्थात् आन्तरिक उडानका रूपमा लिने मानसिकता रहेको औंल्याएको छ ।