<p class="title">An Independence Day alert, amplified by a Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) caution, had the Kempegowda International Airport in a twister of passenger woes on Thursday morning. Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours in long queues as frustrations mounted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The limited space of Terminal 1 was packed with waiting passengers. At one point, the queues before the security gates on the first floor got so long that they extended to the ground floor entrance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Frustrated by the long waiting time, many took to social media to articulate their woes. One of them, Felix Remedios tweeted: “Crazy Queues at Bangalore Airport. Queues running all the way from security on the 1st floor down to the entrance doors!!!! Looks like some major revamp in planning needed drastically.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the crowds swelled, the escalators had to be switched off. Said another passenger, Divya Shori pointing to a picture of the scene inside the terminal: “Bangalore airport this morning. No escalators working due to a high-security alert. Jammed-up with humans everywhere.. will I board my flight!!!?”</p>.<p class="bodytext">KIA’s operator, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), could not immediately confirm about the escalator.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But a spokesperson attributed the rush to the heightened security in the wake of the BCAS alert. The alert was issued after the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A in<br />Kashmir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An official statement from BIAL read: “Due to the heightened security measures, passenger screening has been intensified at the Pre-Embarkation Security Checks. As a result, there were delays in passenger processing, but all within acceptable limits.”</p>
<p class="title">An Independence Day alert, amplified by a Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) caution, had the Kempegowda International Airport in a twister of passenger woes on Thursday morning. Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours in long queues as frustrations mounted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The limited space of Terminal 1 was packed with waiting passengers. At one point, the queues before the security gates on the first floor got so long that they extended to the ground floor entrance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Frustrated by the long waiting time, many took to social media to articulate their woes. One of them, Felix Remedios tweeted: “Crazy Queues at Bangalore Airport. Queues running all the way from security on the 1st floor down to the entrance doors!!!! Looks like some major revamp in planning needed drastically.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the crowds swelled, the escalators had to be switched off. Said another passenger, Divya Shori pointing to a picture of the scene inside the terminal: “Bangalore airport this morning. No escalators working due to a high-security alert. Jammed-up with humans everywhere.. will I board my flight!!!?”</p>.<p class="bodytext">KIA’s operator, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), could not immediately confirm about the escalator.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But a spokesperson attributed the rush to the heightened security in the wake of the BCAS alert. The alert was issued after the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A in<br />Kashmir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An official statement from BIAL read: “Due to the heightened security measures, passenger screening has been intensified at the Pre-Embarkation Security Checks. As a result, there were delays in passenger processing, but all within acceptable limits.”</p>
