Tirupati airport security under scanner

Tirupati: Primitive methods are being used to check baggage; making it a sitting duck for anyone harbouring plans to strike terror at Tirupati airport in Andhra Pradesh.
Security personnel have been brought in from Chennai to dig into every piece of check-in baggage because the luggage scanning X-ray machine has not been working for the last ten days.
''This is such a sensitive area and yet the X-ray machine is out of order for 15 days. This reflects an attitude of extreme carelessness.
''Some Air Deccan passengers went in to board the flight without even getting their luggage checked,'' said Sanjay Agrawal, passenger.
Everyday, at least six flights take off from Tirupati airport.
The airport manager at Tirupati was not available for comments.
28/07/07 Uma Sudhir/NDTV.com

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Categories: Airports Jul 2007, Safety Jul 2007