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Defence Notes

	April 28, 2008

PM’s plane security scare : Air Force blames Aiports Authority The Indian Air Force (IAF) has blamed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the security scare on April 22 when one of its planes came close to a special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The IAF on April 23 denied the AAI claim that the transponder on board the intruder IAF Dornier aircraft was faulty. “The transponder of the Air Force plane was not faulty,” a defence official said, speaking on the condition o ...