India offers to ‘help Canada improve airport security’

New Delhi: Alarmed by the Canada government-appointed Kanishka bombing inquiry commission’s findings that airport security continues to be below standard there, India has decided to send a team to Toronto to suggest ways to step up aviation security.
The Prime Minister’s Office is said to have raised concerns over the commission’s startling finding that Canada fails to meet international treaty obligations to prevent dangerous goods from being placed on board passenger aircraft, a source said.
The government has finalised a team of four officials — Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Commissioner, two senior BCAS officials and an Air India official — to study the existing security set-up at Toronto airport. “The team is expected to carry out detailed investigations next year,” said the source.
The home ministry, too, expressed reservations and asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to take up the matter with Canada to prevent recurrence of such an incident.
The probe report into Air India 181 (Kanishka) bombing 25 years ago voiced concerns over the shoddy state of aviation security mechanism.
30/09/10 Smita Aggarwal/Indian Express

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