Airport security
Very pleased to read: Expensive upgrades of airport security are unlikely to fly, with Prime Minister John Key taking a cautious approach. An alleged hijacking attempt last year prompted a review of...
View ArticleNo extra screening for small regional flights.
Thanks goodness for common sense. The Government has declined to extend security screening to small regional flights (personally I think they a nonsense on all but international flights) and instead...
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So what sort of security checks will airports implement for this?
The Mirror reports: Heathrow Airport is on high terror alert amid fears women suicide bombers are ready to strike with explosives concealed in breast implants. Security checks have been beefed up...
View ArticleBrownlee and Airportgate
The Herald reported: Prime Minister John Key says he was “really disappointed” after Gerry Brownlee bypassed airport security this morning, but he has been quick to back him. Mr Brownlee and two of his...
View Article95% of TSA checkpoints are insecure
ABC reports: An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to...
View ArticleWhy not just waive the security checks?
Stuff reports: The Government is not ruling out intervening to keep planes in the air after threatened strike action by aviation security workers during the school holidays. Transport Minister Simon...
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