Section 5 Power of Central Government to make rules for Civil Aviation

Section 5 A Power to issue directions (DGCA or any other officer empowered by

Central Govt)

Section 10 Penalty for act in contravention of Rule made under Section 5 of the
Aircraft Acts. (2 years imprisonment or fine up to Rs. 10 Lakhs or
both)
Section 11 A Penalty for failure to comply with directions issued under section 5A (2
years imprisonment or fine up to Rs. 10 Lakhs or both)

Section 11 B Penalty for failure to comply with direction issued under Section 9A (2
years imprisonment or fine up to Rs. 10 Lakhs or both)

Aircraft Rules of 1937

The Aircraft Rules 1937, extends to the whole of India and apply
also (unless the contrary intention appears)
(a) To, and to persons on, aircraft registered in India wherever
they may be, expect cases falling under sub-rule (4).
(b) To, and to persons on, all aircraft for the time being in or over India.

Rule 8 Carriage of arms, ammunitions, explosives, military stores etc.

Rule 13 Photograph at aerodromes or from aircraft in-flight.
Rule 24 Prohibition on consumption of intoxicating and psychoactive
substances.
Rule 24 A Carriage of persons suffering from mental disorders or epilepsy in
aircraft
Rule 24 B Carriage of prisoners in an aircraft
Rule 24 C Carriage of animals, birds and reptiles in aircraft
Rule 25 Prohibition of Smoking in aircraft
Rule 27 Carriage of persons in unauthorized parts of aircraft
Rule 90 Entry into Public Aerodromes (Access Control)
Inspection of aircrafts – (Empowers some of government officials authorized
Rule 156 by Central Government to enter aircraft for inspection, but are not exempted
from
frisking/searching)
Rule 159 No person shall voluntarily obstruct any person acting in the exercise
of his powers or in the discharge of his duties under these rules.

The Aircraft (Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Rules, 2003

Rule 12: Requirement of training: No person shall engage himself in any

manner in the transport of dangerous goods unless he has undergone
proper training commensurate with his responsibilities.

The Aircraft (Security) Rules 2011

Rule 3 Duties of Appropriate Authority / Duties of DG, BCAS.
Rule 4 Appeal
Rule 5 Planning, design and layout of the Aerodrome security requirement Rule 6
Aerodrome perimeter.
Rule 7 Provision of lighting, road, patrolling and observation post Rule 8
Aerodrome security Programme.
Rule 9 Security clearance for operations at aerodrome Rule 10 Handling of unattended
or suspect baggage
Rule 11 Business establishment at aerodrome
Rule 12 Protection of facilities owned by aerodrome operator
Rule 13 Aviation Security Group
Rule 14 Duties of Chief Aerodrome Security Officer
Rule 14 (iv) Duties of CASO: - Screening of passenger and their hand baggage
Rule 15 Ground handling service
Rule 16 Contingency Plan
Rule 17 Disembarkation of Unruly Passenger
Rule 18 Entry into aerodrome
Rule 19 Entry into security restricted area
Rule 20 Prohibition to carry weapons or explosive
Rule 21 Security check before embarkation
Rule 22 Certification of Screeners
Rule 23 Prohibition on carriage of certain goods (in cabin baggage)
Rule 24 Security Programme (Aircraft Operator)
Rule 25 Security clearance for operation (Aircraft) Rule 26 Deployment of staff (for
security duties)
Rule 27 Security search of aircraft
Rule 28 Access control of aircraft
Rule 29 Locking of cockpit door
Rule 30 Deployment of IFSO
Rule 31 Security control for hold baggage
Rule 32 Identification and reconciliation of hold baggage
Rule 33 Transfer baggage
Rule 34 Carriage of prisoners in aircraft
Rule 35 Carriage of cargo, mail, catering items and other stores
Rule 36 Detention of aircraft
Rule 37 Security control for Cargo and Courier bags
Rule 40 Prohibition on carriage of certain goods (in cargo and courier)
Rule 41 Protection of security cleared cargo or mail or courier bag etc.
Rule 42 Regulated agent
Rule 43 Catering supplies
Rule 44 Supply of other stores
Rule 45 Reporting of security accident or incident
Rule 46 Investigation of security accident or incident
Rule 47 Power of the Inquiry Officer
Rule 48 Inspection
Aviation Security Circular
10/2000 Induction of CISF in the airports for aviation security duties.
17/2001 Components of ASG
2/2018 Categorization of Airports.
01/2001 Aviation Security measures.
14/2000 Entry to the airport
02/2009 Access control of Casual/Daily Labourers
18/2009 Courtesy to Members of Parliament at airports.
36/2005 Access of vehicle up to the Tarmac on Security/ Medical and Protocol
ground
02/2007 Minimum Standards for Civil Aviation Security Equipment
Appendix-A Crash Rated Electro-hydraulic Bollard System.
Appendix-B Crash Rated Electro-Hydraulic Tyre Killer.
Appendix-C Crash Rated Electro-Hydraulic Road Blocker.
09/2005 Security regulations for Off-airport Check-in facility
22/2010 Security Announcement and Security signages
23/ 2005 Procedure for passenger & carryon baggage screening
16/2010 Screening of Passenger through ETDs
01/2017 Measures to facilitate transport/Transfer of Organs at Airport
25/2004 Minimum Specification for X-BIS Circular
11/2017 Specification of X-BIS
23/2005 Procedure for Passenger and carryon Baggage screening
34/2005 Procedure for screening of Hold Baggage
31/2006 Security Measures of Unaccompanied baggage
19/2003 Physical checks of hand baggage
21/2004 Use of hand gloves for frisking passages and physical check of their
baggage
23/2005 Procedure for passenger & carryon baggage screening
08/2017 Procedure for dealing with cases wherein arms and /or ammunition
are detected during screening of a passenger or his baggage.
34 / 2005 Procedure for Screening of Hold Baggage
43/2005 Contingency Plan for handling aircraft hijack situation.
29/2006 Anti-hijacking Mock Exercise at Airports.
01/2009 Counter terrorist Plan at Airports Circular
08/2009 Formation of CC at IGI Airport
19/2009 Contingency Plan for handling Hijack Situation
25/2009 Arrangements in case of hijacked aircraft landing at defense-controlled
airports
08/2010 Operations/ Mock exercise by NSG
18/2010 Minimum standards for BDDS equipment
20/2010 BDDS equipment for BDDS squads
21/2010 Prompt Communication of incidents
03/2017 Minimum standards/ Specification with regard to Bomb Suit
12/2017 Provision for Bullet Resistant Vehicles to QRT at airports
13/2017 Prioritizing of BDDS equipment- reg
42/2005 Instructions for carriage of prisoners / person under judicial custody /
administrative control.
25/2006 Security controls for catering supplies.
Aviation Security Order
03/2009 Security functions to be carried out by Aircraft Operators
05/2009 Norms for deployment of Airline Security staff for Security functions
(Recommendations by Shri Arun Mishra Committee)
01/2018 National civil Aviation Security Programme
02/2018 National Civil Aviation Security Training Programme
06/2018 Aerodrome Security Programme.
04/2010 Issuance of Temporary Airport Entry Passes by the Airport Operators
under Rule-90(1), Rule 90(3) and Rule 90 (4) of Aircraft Rules 1937.
18/2011 Strengthening of security towards cityside of airports.
05/ 2005 Permissible & Prohibited Items to be carried by the passenger.
15/2011 Prohibition of articles in Security Restricted Area of airports
05/2009 Norms for deployment of Security Personnel
09/2018 Procedure for aircraft security checks and search
05/2005 Permissible & Prohibited Items to be carried by the passenger
07/2010 Responsibilities of BDDS/ Dog Squad
08/2010 Deployment of IFSO- Sky marshals
02/2011 Deployment of suitably trained personnel to deal with case of Unlawful
interference
08/2011 Potentially disruptive passengers
17/2011 Bomb Threat Contingency Plan
19/2011 Contingency Plan for handling hijacked aircraft
05/2016 Information to other agencies on receipt of bomb threat calls
06/2016 Establishing and maintaining data base of Hoax Bomb Threat calls
08/2011 Instructions to handle potentially disruptive passengers.
07/2004 Catering Security
13 /2011 Security Programme of Catering Companies
24/2011 Random Screening at the entry gate to Terminal Building
03/2011 Procedure for protection and handling of security information
06/2009 Exemption from Pre‐embarkation security checks at civil airports
24/2011 Random Screening at the entry gate to Terminal Building
Order 01/2010 Security of Cargo Complex at airports in the country
& 05/2010
Order01/2006 Security measures for Air Cargo
Order06/2005 ConsignmentSecurityDeclaration
Circular20/2004 Security of Courier bags & unaccompanied
consignments by
courier companies
Circular 08/2008 Comprehensive security procedures in respect of
cargo, express cargo, mail and courier bags
Corrigendum Security of Courier bags/ unaccompanied
dated 23.6.17 consignment forwarded by courier companies
Corrigendum Security screening of mail
dated 02.7.11
Order 11/2015 Security Measures for Regulated Agents
Order 10/2011 Security measures for Company Mail (COMAIL) and
Company Material (COMAT)
1 First hijacking in the The first recorded aircraft hijack took place on February
world 21, 1931 in Lima, (Peru).

2 1969 Year of maximum Hijackings

First hijacking in India 30th Jan, 1971, Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar to
Jammu taken to Lahore.

3 Outcome Rule 8 A of Aircraft Rule 1937 was being

implemented.
{ superseded by Rule 21 of Aircraft(Security) Rules
2011}
Second hijacking in India Indian Airlines Aircraft hijacked on 10th Sep, 1976,
Mumbai to Delhi taken to Lahore.

4 Outcome Shri B.D. Pandey committee was formed in 1976

18th Jan, 1978 Formation of DCAS as a cell under DGCA on

the recommendation of Shri B.D. Pandey
Committee
2nd August, 1984 A Bomb Explosion at Chennai (Meenabakkam) airport.
5
Outcome Bomb Threat Contingency Plan was Implemented.

23rd Jun, 1985

 Sabotage of Air India aircraft Kanishka Tragedy
over Atlantic Ocean.
 Explosion at Narita airport (Japan) during transfer of
baggage to Air India aircraft.
6 Post Kanishka Tragedy Justice B.N Kirpal, Commission was setup. On 1st April
1987 BCAS was formed as a Regulatory Authority on
Civil Aviation Security under MCA.
Following security measures were introduced
 Identification of baggage-Mandatory
 Reconciliation of baggage was introduced
 Re-identification of registered baggage on
 interline station by passenger.
 Checking of baggage manually even after X-
ray screening
 Inspection of security arrangements of national
air- carriers at foreign stations by BCAS
officers

7 3rd May 1986 Sabotage of Air Lanka aircraft at Colombo airport. Explosives send
through tea consignment in cargo. LTTE rebels bombed Air Lanka
plane at Colombo airport, killing 16 people

2nd April 1986 Bombing of TWA 840. 04 passengers died while 117 survived. The
bomb contained one pound of plastic explosive. It is suspected it had
been placed under the seat cushion on a previous journey by a
8 Lebanese woman

Outcome Aircraft security check & security search were improved.

17th April Attempted sabotage of El Al Israeli Airlines flight 016 from London
9 1986 Heathrow to Tel Aviv. Anne Murphy who was used by her fiancé
Nazer Hindawi of Abu Nidal Group. She was caught only on the basis
of profiling.
Outcome Emphasis on Profiling.

29th Nov 1987 Korean Air Bombing resulted in death of 115 persons on board
aircraft. A bomb was planted inside an overhead storage bin in
the airplane’s passenger cabin by North Korean agents.
10
Outcome Transit Security checks were given high importance.

21st Dec 1988 Pan Am 103 incident resulted in death of 259 persons on board
aircraft, as well as 11 persons on the ground at Lockerbie
(Scotland).
11
Outcome Marking of Plastic Explosive for the purpose of detection. Golden principle
adopted. No passenger no baggage and all bomb threat calls to be
taken seriously. Procedure for carriage of mishandled baggage was
introduced.

12 24th Dec 1994 Air France aircraft seized at Algerian airport by four persons
dressed as airline staff - three hostages killed. Aircraft flown to
Marseilles (France) where four hijackers killed.

13 Nov 1996 ET 961 Ethiopian Airlines was hijacked by asylum seekers.

Crashed in Comoros Island due to insufficient fuel.

24th Dec 1999 Hijack of Indian Airlines (IC-814) operating from Kathmandu (Nepal) to
Delhi (India). Finally taken to Kandahar (Afghanistan)

14 Outcome  Introduction of CISF as ASG in Feb 2000

  Secondary Ladder point checks (SLPC) introduced in January
2000
 Introduction of Sky Marshals
 Modernization / up gradation of electronic detection devices
 Preventing an Hijacked aircraft to take off from Indian soil,
once it lands
 Review of contingency plans
24 July 2001 Colombo Airport (Bandaranaike Airport) attack by LTTE.

Outcome  Raising of Perimeter wall to the prescribed height

15
 Access control system strengthened
 Security of parked aircraft at night
 Deployment of QRT
11th Attack by Al Qaida using 04 Aircrafts as a weapon of Mass
16 September destruction in USA.
2001
Outcome  Strengthening of cockpit doors
 Locking of cockpit doors
 Implementation of strict pre-embarkation security checks
 Deployment of sky marshals
 Ban on steel / metallic cutlery with sharp edges.

22nd  Richard Reid (Shoe Bomber), a member of Al Qaeda, boarded

December American Airlines from Paris to Miami. Passenger was on Aerial
2001 suicide mission.
17
Outcome  Shoe Scanning through XBIS was introduced.
 Carriage of Lighters & Matchbox in the aircraft is prohibited.

18 28th Arkia Airlines (Israel) shot at by shoulder launched surface-to-air missiles

November on departure from Mombasa, Kenya.
2002
9th August Heathrow Airport Attack: Attempt to blow up 11 aircraft with the
19 2006 liquid explosive ( TATP)
Outcome Restrictions on carriage of more than 100ml of liquid in cabin
baggage
30th June Glasgow Airport Attack. A dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded
2007 with propane canisters was driven into the glass doors of the
Glasgow International Airport terminal and set ablaze.
20
A second bomb was later found in the car parking.

Outcome Focus on Landside security.

25th Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was attacked by a man using a small
21 December explosive device hidden in his underwear, causing only a small fire
2009 inside the plane, which is extinguished by a flight attendant; the
man was subdued by passengers and crew; there were 3 injuries.

Outcome Introduction of Body Scanners

 24th January Domodedovo International Airport bombing. A passenger exploded himself
2011 Moscow in the Moscow airport, International arrival hall, baggage claim
Airport Attack
22 area.
Outcome Random screening at the entry gate of the terminal
building. Strengthening of security towards city side. Landside
security was recommendation.

08th June Jinnah International Airport (Karachi) was attacked by 10 militants

23 2014 armed with automatic weapons, a rocket launcher, suicide vests and
grenades carried out the attack. 36 people were killed, including all
10 attackers, and at least 18 were wounded.
Outcome Recommended Practices on landside security, security awareness training,
Proper implementation of security measures aimed at preventing
or minimizing the effect of ramming vehicle attacks should be
incorporated, such as: physical barriers, for example bollards, crash-
rated planters, speed breakers and chicane to be placed in curbside and
other appropriate areas.
17th July A Malaysian Airline flight MH 17 flying over Ukraine and Russia border
2014 was bought down by a Buck missile fired by the militant. Aircraft
crashed near Grabovo in the Donetsk region. Total Passenger 280,
24 crew 15, Total 295
Pax.
Outcome Annex 17 included provision on attacks against MANPADs

25 22nd Three coordinated nail bombings occurred in Belgium two at

March Brussels Airport in Zaventem. Two suicide bombers, carrying
2016 explosives in large suitcases, attacked a departure hall.
12th June A man has set off a homemade explosive device at Shanghai
2016 international airport, injuring four people as well as himself at
Pudong International Airport, Shanghai. The man then took out a
knife and stabbed his own neck.
26 28th June The Atatürk Airport terrorist attack, consisting of shootings and
2016 suicide bombings. Gunmen armed with automatic weapons and
explosive belts staged a simultaneous attack at the
international terminal.