New Delhi: Air travellers will now have to undergo another round of frisking and baggage check before boarding their flights.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked airlines to do "Secondary Ladder Point Security" (SLPC) at all airports in wake of the security scare following the Pathankot attack and hijack alerts sounded by intelligence agencies.
SLPC means that airline staff have to now frisk passengers and check their cabin bags just before the aerobridge or step-ladder leading to the aircraft. This additional check will be on top of reinforced security checks being carried out by the CISF where passengers are being increasingly asked to remove their shoes and put them through the baggage X-ray scanners.
"All passengers are being asked to take off their shoes, belts and jackets and put them on the X-ray scanner belt. We are doing random checks on almost 30% to 40% of passengers even before they approach the security check area. These flyers are frisked and their baggage checked. Then they proceed for security checks where they are again subjected to checks like all other passengers," said a senior CISF official.
To Read the News in Full 15/01/16 Times of India
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked airlines to do "Secondary Ladder Point Security" (SLPC) at all airports in wake of the security scare following the Pathankot attack and hijack alerts sounded by intelligence agencies.
SLPC means that airline staff have to now frisk passengers and check their cabin bags just before the aerobridge or step-ladder leading to the aircraft. This additional check will be on top of reinforced security checks being carried out by the CISF where passengers are being increasingly asked to remove their shoes and put them through the baggage X-ray scanners.
"All passengers are being asked to take off their shoes, belts and jackets and put them on the X-ray scanner belt. We are doing random checks on almost 30% to 40% of passengers even before they approach the security check area. These flyers are frisked and their baggage checked. Then they proceed for security checks where they are again subjected to checks like all other passengers," said a senior CISF official.
To Read the News in Full 15/01/16 Times of India
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