New Delhi: Security concerns over flying in and out of Kabul have become
a diplomatic issue between India and Afghanistan. Indian carriers, Air
India and SpiceJet, conduct "ladder point" security checks on passengers
boarding planes at Kabul — meaning flyers are frisked and checked with
metal detectors just before they board aircraft even after clearing
checks at the terminal building.
Afghanistan is learnt to have objected to this practice of desi carriers — which is happening at the insistence of Indian aviation security wing because of heightened fears in the strife-torn country. "Afghanistan sees this is as no confidence by India in their airport security and has conveyed this feeling to the latter. But we cannot and will not take any chances with the lives of our passengers and aircraft. The ladder point security has continued in Kabul for people flying Indian airlines," said a source.
Things came to such a pass, say sources, that Afghanistan reportedly refused to allow ladder point security on the tarmac of Kabul airport. Indian carriers then had to conduct the same at the ladder of aircraft — used to embark and disembark from aircraft — as this are considered to be a part of the plane itself and not the tarmac!
Read news in full 05/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
Afghanistan is learnt to have objected to this practice of desi carriers — which is happening at the insistence of Indian aviation security wing because of heightened fears in the strife-torn country. "Afghanistan sees this is as no confidence by India in their airport security and has conveyed this feeling to the latter. But we cannot and will not take any chances with the lives of our passengers and aircraft. The ladder point security has continued in Kabul for people flying Indian airlines," said a source.
Things came to such a pass, say sources, that Afghanistan reportedly refused to allow ladder point security on the tarmac of Kabul airport. Indian carriers then had to conduct the same at the ladder of aircraft — used to embark and disembark from aircraft — as this are considered to be a part of the plane itself and not the tarmac!
Read news in full 05/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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