New Delhi: With lessons learnt from the terror attacks at Zaventem International Airport Brussels and Ataturk International Airport in Istabul, India has embarked on its most comprehensive airport security review. A high level three member committee is studying the current security deployment at all airports across the country and is expected to submit its report shortly.
"Given the systems in place, it is virtually impossible for terrorists to hijack an aircraft using weapons or explosives. There are so many levels of checks and with new technology in place to scan luggage, weapons and explosives cannot be smuggled on-board. Terrorists have realised that and struck the next biggest target - passengers at the airport," highly placed sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs told India Today.
At the Zaventem International Airport, Brussels on March 22, 2016, terrorists entered the building and set off explosives at the check-in counter. Fourteen people were killed and 92 injured. Similarly, on June 28, 2016, three terrorists entered the International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey and there were two explosions at the entrance of the airport and the third in the departure on the first floor. Forty four people lost their lives.
The security agencies have put in place an ambitious plan to stop the terrorists from coming close to the airport buildings. "The plan is still in the process. But the effort is to put additional security cordons on all approaches to the airport. Given the threat level, the plan has already been put in place at some sense.
06/02/17 Gaurav C Sawant/India Today
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"Given the systems in place, it is virtually impossible for terrorists to hijack an aircraft using weapons or explosives. There are so many levels of checks and with new technology in place to scan luggage, weapons and explosives cannot be smuggled on-board. Terrorists have realised that and struck the next biggest target - passengers at the airport," highly placed sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs told India Today.
At the Zaventem International Airport, Brussels on March 22, 2016, terrorists entered the building and set off explosives at the check-in counter. Fourteen people were killed and 92 injured. Similarly, on June 28, 2016, three terrorists entered the International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey and there were two explosions at the entrance of the airport and the third in the departure on the first floor. Forty four people lost their lives.
The security agencies have put in place an ambitious plan to stop the terrorists from coming close to the airport buildings. "The plan is still in the process. But the effort is to put additional security cordons on all approaches to the airport. Given the threat level, the plan has already been put in place at some sense.
06/02/17 Gaurav C Sawant/India Today
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