Pics posing safety risks for Tiruchy airport still found online

HARDLY four weeks after a police complaint was lodged based on a TNIE report that revealed the online circulation of classified maps and photographs from sensitive operational zones of airports across the state, at least one social media account has been found continuing to upload photographs taken from the runway of the Tiruchy international airport, triggering security concerns.

- JOSE K JOSEPH @Tiruchy

Interestingly, the complaint moved by the airport authorities with the police has omitted the social media handle found sharing such sensitive information, allowing it to continue tinkering with security details.

While TNIE had on April 11 alerted Tiruchy airport director S Ganeswara Rao of the circulation of sensitive visuals and maps, no immediate police complaint was lodged. TNIE then directly raised the matter with key stakeholders, including Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Information Technology (IT) division of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).