A Blog by DRASInt Risk Alliance Timeline 1990s- A Wake-Up Call- Before the 1990s, airport security in India was fairly basic – think metal detectors and manual checks. But everything changed in 1999, after the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814. The incident exposed serious vulnerabilities in the country’s airport security and this acted as a wake-up call. In response, there was a complete overhaul of the security protocols, and India started aligning its practices wi