Security officials at the Delhi international airport went into a tizzy on Saturday after the pilot of a Kandahar-bound flight inadvertently pressed the ‘hijack button’ when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.
The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane, with nine crew members and 124 passengers and an infant, took off nearly two hours later after security checks, they said.
The officials said the pressing of ‘hijack button’ had pushed all agencies concerned, including the anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG), into action.