Mumbai under attack...HOW IS AIRPORT?

[sevenstrokeroll]

as you probably know by know a massive terrorist attack is underway in Mumbai, India (sp?)

I am wondering how the airport is handling things?

[SU-GCM]

A local journalist told CNN he had seen evidence of an attack at the city's domestic airport, which is on the outskirts of the Mumbai.


Scores killed in Mumbai rampage - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/india.attacks/index.html)


Hope things get better soon :ugh:

[Airbubba]

There would normally be airline crews at all of the hotels attacked.

There are reports of an attack in Santa Cruz near the airport, perhaps one of the hotels on Sahar Airport Road.

[doubleu-anker]

"There would normally be airline crews at all of the hotels attacked."

That guys, is the very reason I will turn down the "top" hotels in town, in the "third" world. This is the first place they hit, if they want to take out foreigners. It is not rocket science.

I have never stayed at a hotel in these parts yet, where the hotel "security" is such that determined terrorists could be stopped. In fact the security is a joke!!

[hitmanishere]

:\Heard many flights got cancelled!!

[B747-800]

flights are either delayed or cancelled. there are heavy police checks around the airport.

our overnight crew is safe there and we are dispatching normal.

[blueplatinum]

The airport web site is down.

[apaddyinuk]

BA crew are safe, they stay away from the city centre and the flights are operating as normal albeit a lot of crew are wishing otherwise. I believe LH and Northwest crew are directly caught up in the attacks.

[Travel Agent]

My friend's parents were leaving Mumbai when everything kicked off, but their flight left ontime. He had sent a text to see if they were ok and they had not heard anything about it!

[raffele]

Mumbai airport is still open and operating pretty normally - obviously some airlines have cancelled flights, but for the most part flights are still operating.

This latest report from the BBC says that 20 Air France crew have just been released from the ongoing hostage situation at the Oberoi Trident: BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Dozens released from Mumbai hotel (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7753892.stm)