Security lapses recur at Kochi airport

Nedumbassery: The Kochi International Airport witnessed yet another security lapse, when a parcel having neither a security-seal sticker nor being endorsed by the Departure Manifest, was found among other parcels that were being taken to the Jet Airways flight bound for Chennai on Monday evening.
According to sources, the Manifest was given with security seals for three parcels to be loaded in the Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight leaving Kochi Airport at 7.50 pm. But the Air India security personnel at the ladder point found four parcels in the trolley.
They immediately alerted the CIAL security personnel and the airport manager, who seized the parcel. Investigation revealed that it was a Saudi Airlines OCS (On Company Services) bag that reached the Kochi International Airport from Jiddah on July 24.
Normally, the Customs officers check the content in all cargo baggage and the CIAL Cargo Handling Department will tally the arrival manifest of the cargo baggage and distribute them to the addressee. But the OCS parcel was not reported as missing by the international cargo wing at the Kochi Airport.
It remains a mystery how the parcel, which reached the international side, could be brought to the domestic cargo wing functioning in another complex, without the knowledge of the cargo handling officers.
28/07/10 ExpressBuzz

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010