1. Session ID:
Session Classification: GENERAL
MASH-­‐F41B
SEETA
MANU SHEEL GUPTA
INDIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 814
HIJACK MISSION FAILED
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2. Indian Airlines Flight 814
► Hijack Mission Failure
► Causes and Prevention
► IC 814 Hijack Operation
► Why it was successful?
► Novel Framework to prevent future hijacks and its advantages
► Conclusion
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3. Airplane Hijack
What cannot be cured, must be adored?
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4. Impact of Airplane Hijack
- Morale - :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( ...
- Productivity - :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(...
- Losses - :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( ....
- After-HijackTerrorismTurnover - :( :( :( :( :( :( :( ...
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5. IC - 814 Operation
Day 1
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6. Hijack Operation Begins
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7. Amristar Airport
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8. Lahore Airport
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9. Lahore Airport
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10. Towards UAE Airport
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11. UAE Airport
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12. The next destination
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13. Kabul Airport
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14. Negotiation and the release of passengers
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15. The Aftermath
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16. The Aftermath
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17. Why it was successful?
- Lack of basic level security measure and control at
the airport.
- Hijackers were successful to create an illusionary
identity as passengers.
- Hijackers were able to terrorize and dominate
throughout the entire operation.
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18. Why it was successful?
- Lack of understanding of the crisis and cooperation
between decision makers at Delhi and Amristar.
- Negative support by the decision makers in
Pakistan and Afghanistan in 1999.
- No attempt to punish those responsible after the
hijack operation by India and US.
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19. Novel Framework to prevent hijack
- Marker-less approach for human identification
using structural and transitional characterstics [1].
- Dynamic information.
- Nodal Point Determination, Skeleton Formation,
and FeatureVector Creation.
Reference -”ST-Gait: A Framework for Human Identification using Structural andTransitional Characterstics of Gait”, Anand Gupta and Pragya Goel,
Department of Computer Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute ofTechnology, New Delhi, India.
Journal - Advanced Materials ResearchVols. 403-408 (2012) pp 850-857. Available online at www.scientific.net
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20. Novel Framework to prevent Hijack
Information Analytics
- Gather data from multiple sources - video, pictures.
- Data Staging
- Use SocialCalc open source engine (light weight
open source JavaScript engine) for data visualization
and validation at the airports.
- Communication : Collaboration in SocialCalc
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21. Novel Framework to prevent Hijack
Breaking the silence and distracting the hijackers at
the airplane
-Virtual Alarm system by means of“Illusion”.
- Create a simple storage drive with popular songs.
- Develop a simple ipod/ipad application which
could play songs that could be broadcasted over the
mesh network. Give the devices to the passengers.
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22. Conclusion
Yes, we can and we must make a difference.
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23. Feedback
Questions :) Comments :)
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24. Session ID:
Session Classification:
INDIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 814
HIJACK MISSION FAILED
MANU SHEEL GUPTA
SEETA
MASH-­‐F41B
GENERAL
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