Airport security starts before you get into the building
Even I learned something new from this one.I've told you all many times how good the security is at Ben Gurion Airport and how it's all done through profiling. This article talks about that too. But I misunderstood the purpose of stopping people before you ever enter the airport complex.
Until today, I thought the idea was that they stop you at a checkpoint that looks like a toll booth after you get off the highway but before you enter the airport complex so that security can see how you react to questions, and pull over anyone who arouses suspicion. Yes, they do pull people over. But there's more to it than that. Nachum Liss of the Airports Authority explained it to 50 'security experts' from around the world this week.
Liss said that heightened screening of passengers and carry-on luggage in international airports has pushed terror organizations to look for other vulnerable areas to attack at airports. He said many of the world's airports do not properly secure their perimeters.I wish I felt as safe in other airports as I do here.
"We need to protect our back door as well," said Liss, offering a look at an advanced technique the Israelis are working on.
The visitors, including experts from the U.S. and Europe, watched as security officers staged a live simulation, stopping three armed "terrorists" who broke through a rear gate.
Then they observed an unmanned vehicle patrolling the airport perimeter by remote control — a technology soon to be introduced at the Israeli airport.
Routine security procedures start far away from the terminal.
Before even entering the airport, all cars are stopped for a security check by armed guards. Cameras scan license plates to match them with a database of suspicious vehicles. Security officials said it's one of the many security filters passengers pass before boarding flights, some of them unknown to the passengers and many others still kept secret.
The Israeli airport's spokesman's unit said the main terminal is equipped with 700 closed-circuit cameras and is fortified against explosions. The large glass wall at the front and even the trash cans inside are bombproof, they said.
Labels: Ben Gurion Airport, profiling, security
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:20 AM
3 Comments:
All of these gadgets will be worthless if Hamas controls the hills overlooking the airport as a rocket-launching pad.
TLOS, the stupid Jews will just build a taller wall.
Perhaps a giant missile-catching net is in the planning.
Of course, the Arabs can always shoot over the wall/net and simply reach for Tel Aviv's skyscrapers.
So, how about an impenetrable glass bubble dome over the entire coastal area, with a slit in it on the far west ocean side, to allow passenger jets to fly in and out?
And it's not just Hamas.
There are many hazardous substances that either are not allowed on a plane. Do not pack or carry firearms, fireworks, flammable materials, household cleaners, or pressurized containers. Violations of the Hazardous Substances Regulations may result in severe civil and possible criminal prosecution. You can travel to the U.S. weapons and other weapons that baggage, if you follow the proper FAA, TSA and aviation security guidelines.
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