Air India and other flights operating in India's neighbourhood have been put on high security alert. This follows intelligence inputs about hijack attempts by the Pakistan based terrorist outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba. The Airlines has been directed to take extra steps on aircraft operating on routes in the SAARC region apart from deploying sky marshalls. AIR correspondent quoting official sources reports that intelligence inputs suggest that LET, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamat-ul-Dawa are planning to hijack a plane particularly of Air India operating in the SAARC region. Following these inputs the Civil Aviation Ministry has issued directions to all airlines operating on such routes. The External Affairs Ministry has also directed its missions abroad to brief the staff of Air India another Indian careers about the threat.