Editing Sky marshal (section)

===India===
Sky marshals were introduced by [[Indian Airlines]] in December 1999, following the hijacking of [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] in Kandahar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Private-airlines-brace-to-meet-hijack-threats/articleshow/279176263.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523170949/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-11/mumbai/27236453_1_sky-marshals-jet-airways-private-airlines |url-status=live |archive-date=23 May 2013 |title=Private airlines brace to meet hijack threats |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 October 2001 |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Following the September 11 attacks, private operators like [[Air Sahara]] also introduced sky marshals on some flights and stated plans to increase these.{{update inline|date=February 2014}}

In 2003, [[Air India]] had an agreement with a US directive to have air marshals on all of its US-bound flights. They are recruited from India's elite commando force [[National Security Guard]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-I-to-comply-with-US-norm/articleshow/396756.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523183128/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-30/india/27178669_1_sky-marshals-flights-directive |url-status=live |archive-date=23 May 2013 |title=A-I to comply with US norm |date=30 December 2003 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> [[Ipsita Biswas]] of India's [[Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory]] (TBRL) were developing [[frangible]] bullets which shatter if they hit a substance that is harder than the bullet is. The application would allow their sky marshals to use these bullets to shoot, or threaten to shoot, hijackers on board aircraft, with the assurance that the aircraft itself would not suffer substantial damage.<ref name="IB">{{Cite web|title=Meet Ipsita Biswas, scientist who developed non-lethal plastic bullets|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/ipsita-biswas-scientist-at-tbrl-more-hits-than-misses/story-XckCsHioqpHFo2i7VzXrXK.html|last=Sharma|first=Aakriti|date=2019-05-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-date=2020-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315031943/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/ipsita-biswas-scientist-at-tbrl-more-hits-than-misses/story-XckCsHioqpHFo2i7VzXrXK.html|url-status=live}}</ref>