Bengaluru: Mumbai-based professional photographer’s drone camera worth Rs 2 Lakh, which was examined at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on the airline’s insistence and marked ‘fragile’ allegedly damaged and could not be used.
Passengers blamed the airline for careless handling of expensive equipment and a lack of uniform security rules to bring drones because they were allowed as luggage cabins from Mumbai to Bengaluru.
Sickkar Tiskar, 30, a filmmaker who traveled across India on the duty of photography and film, claiming he often brought his work equipment – Dji Mavic Drone was equipped with a hi-end camera – in the trunk of his hand in the country.
Last week, he came to Bengaluru for his duty and production manager to fly down from Mumbai on November 9 with a drone camera.
“He took Indian water flights and before rising, Security Security Security (CISF) personnel at Mumbai airport took a written attempt at a security check in connection with the drone and was allowed in hand baggage,” said Tisekar.
On Sunday, the photographer left after his work at Air Asia Flight I5 1561 from Bengaluru to Mumbai.
He reached Kia in the afternoon.
“I brought the drone in the trunk of my hand, but I was told to check the device that said the drone was not allowed onboard.
Because the officers stood on their land and I didn’t want to miss the flight, I ran down to Air Asia’s counter and land staff advised me to Checking drones.
They promise that they will personally examine it.
They put the ‘fragile’ sticker on my bag carrying the device and also made me sign it, “he said.
However, Tisekar was in a rough shock when he collected a bag after landing in Mumbai.
“Damaged lenses that have occurred during handling luggage by land staff.
I raised official complaints with Asian air personnel at Mumbai airport.
But they asked why I did not carry drones at the hands of flights,” Fumed Tisekar who filed a complaint to the Air Asia Nodal officer.
The photographer was also nervous because of the lack of non-uniform rules in carrying drones on two different airports.
“The CISF security officer in Mumbai said it was okay to bring the drone in hand but his colleague from Bengaluru said the opposite.
It was ridiculous,” he said.
The source with the CISF in KIA said it was in accordance with the 2020 civil aviation security guidelines that apply to all airports in the country, devices such as drones must be made only in the baggage check-in and the battery needed to be taken in hand trunk.
Also, during inspection by security personnel at the airport, passengers must explain why he brought a battery like that.