European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Airports continued from Page 13 half a that Are of serious concern for us world not All of them in the Middle said Harry director of Public relations for the International air transport whose organization is the Trade group for airlines that Fly International declined to identify specific problem but he said there were one or two in Africa and in South adding that air ports near or linked by air routes to known trouble spots were in greatest As for airports with tight Atterton singled out which he described As incredibly and Tel which he said had by Neces sity become expert in this Rodney the International associations Security said that in such regions As Southeast preventing hijacking must compete with efforts to control drug the potential exists for attention to smuggling to detract from attention to preventing he we must allow that to the air transport association regularly receives reports from its member airlines on the safety of when problems Are Wallis the organization recommends improvements to the appropriate Airport or govern if improvements Are not individual airlines might take Steps to strengthen their own As was the Case with Twa at James Public affairs adviser for consular affairs at the state also cited the airports in Beirut and Athens As key Security noting that the department had issued travel advisories regarding Erwin von Den of the departments office of praised european airports As having a fairly consistent level of but he described Athens As having been a trouble spot for years and characterized Rome As having had sporadic problems related to the ease with which people can get aboard an according to Laurie executive Secretary of the International federation of airline pilots Assoc a Airport Security is better in those countries in which government and Industry cooperate on Airport such As the United France and in parts of latin America and where the level of screening May depend on whether a flight is International or the degree of Security varies he he specifically said of the airports in Colombia that there was just virtually no Security at All a year or two ago they had three hijackings in one following Are details from the review of Security at major airports London Heathrow Airport is consistently cited by travellers and officials As one of the most Security conscious in the though British officials would not disclose any Security information about travellers say xray machines Are used for screening and physical searches Are sometimes Airport personnel Are described As and Access is closely controlled Domestic and International operations Are kept and All arrivals Are separated from police officers Are regularly on the essential element at Paris airports is that police officers Are involved in almost All Security oper at terminals 1 and 2 at Charles de Passen Gers Clear passport then go through xray machines operated either by police officers or teams of hired Security guards and police the procedure is the same at orly airports International but a recent passenger reported that there were no xray machines and that hand baggage was individually Security at Madrid Barajas International Airport is in part because the spaniards Are concerned about possible attacks by Basque All Carryon Luggage goes through xray machines and passengers pass through Metal the Guardia a highly disciplined frequently checks Pas sengers with handheld Access to the Passen Ger departure lounge is controlled by barricades and other direct Access to the runway area appears difficult without a boarding Domestic and International operations Are in separate terminals and arrivals and departures Are also Well Security is taken seriously at West Germany major airports in Ham and West and it is considered extremely difficult to get a or anything that looks like onto a flight originating in West trav page14 the stars and stripes airline hijackings worldwide 50 40 30 20 10 incomplete o unsuccessful successful 193068 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 1967 source Federal aviation administration to Date breakdown for 1985 not Ava Hebte Elers say they Are routinely asked to open briefcases even after they have been body searches Are common even after walking through Metal in periods of particular passengers must identify their suitcases on the runway before boarding at Stockholm Arlanda which has separate Domestic and International All hand baggage is prayed on International flights and Security guards Are in Access to the Airfield is carefully and the staff seems trained and at the International terminal at Athens hand baggage is prayed and passengers pass through a Metal according to the Airport com police officers Are posted at each on a recent All posts were manned and workers seemed but at other times attention has been physical searches seem some airlines recheck passengers As they prepare to Board their there appears to be no easy Way of getting put onto the runway area without passing by police and airline the perimeter of the Airfield is consid ered the weakest link in the airports recent improvements have been made in the and tighter Security measures Are in View of the airports proximity to the Middle Many believe that Security Mea sures Here should be much at Warsaw Airport All passengers must pass through xray and Security personnel Are Well customs officers inspect much of the bag Gage that is checked on Well armed troopers Are sometimes in evidence in the Airport and on the runway area watching Domestic and International Pas sengers use different at the Rome International handbag Gage is prayed and passengers pass through Metal de but some travellers have found that the equip ment is not highly sensitive to the presence of Metal some airlines carry out their own Security particularly regarding Carryon guards can be seen patrolling the catwalk that overlooks the main passenger the Airport is Well pre venting people from wandering about but Airport workers sometimes seem listless rather than at Wallis of the International airlines group characterized the Security at Kloten Airport in Zurich As first passengers Are checked with a handheld Metal de and frisking is handheld baggage is x and bags Are generally inspected by armed guards Are in and armoured cars Are sometimes stationed on the passenger movements Are Well con and Airport though Are and highly the strict controls on passenger move ment at soviet airports would seem to discourage air but there have been at least 14 hijacking at usually by people trying to leave the at International procedures Are though prob ably for reasons of National All Luggage is x All passengers go through a Metal Detector and some Are police soldiers and Plain clothes officers Are very much in regarded As one of the worlds most Security with unusually thorough and Tim consuming arriving passengers Are interviewed by officers who examine their sometimes item by after going through passport passengers and their Luggage Are physical searches take place when there is cause to suspect a Security personnel Are trained to recognize what Are known As Hijacker Access to the departure lounge and the runway area is strictly con Domestic and International flights Are As Are International departures and police and Security guards Are Al the israeli National air provides its own supplementary Security checks in airports Queen Alia International which opened in in was designed with air piracy in Only ticketed passengers May enter the upper where departure lounges Lead directly to Docking terminals have at least two screening and armed police officers Are cons Picu passport control is and Airport personnel Are familiar with terrorist Security is extremely tight at the two main terminals of Cairo International All movement Between departure areas and planes is by and no passengers May walk on the runway police officers screen passports and before entering the Depar Ture passengers Are screened again by electronic and hand Luggage is a third which involves a physical search and the opening of Carryon occurs in the departure where police officers armed officers guard each air Craft Day and Wallis of the International airlines association praised the High level of awareness about at Jomo Kenyatta in to Orion Airport u l Luggage is and attendants often inspect Carryon Luggage by a handheld Metal Detector is also used on Access to the departure lounge and the runway area is closely police officers Are and personnel tend to be All major Indian airports use xray and passengers Are searched upon entering the departure Access to departure lounges is closely and Metal detectors Are used when passengers leave the transit area to Board Carryon Luggage is and entrances to checking areas Are guarded by armed the new Delhi Airport has separate buildings for International International Depar and Domestic at the peking Airport there is a single choke Point Between the checking area and the aircraft through which All departing passengers All hand Luggage is prayed and much of it is after passing through a Metal passengers Are often searched with a Metal every flight carries sky Security at Tokyo new International air port at Narita is among the tightest in the about police officers and 400 civilian guards patrol the the Airport is surrounded by barbed steel and electrified aimed not specifically at Vul be hijackers but at local people who have pro tested the construction of the since it opened in there have been no hijacking the Diligence and training that japanese workers Are famous for extends to the officers who examine Passen Gers and at the Entrance to the ticket officers run handheld Metal detectors Over baggage to be this baggage is prayed again before being loaded onto the after immigration Passen Gers must have their handheld Luggage prayed and must pass through Metal and nearly everyone is physically Kimpo International Airport in South is unusual in that even passengers on arriving flights must walk through Metal detectors and have their hand baggage do Muang in is the busiest in Southeast Security is unobtrusive but appears very although actual searches Are in these the Airport is typical of others in the in the departure passengers go through xray and Metal Detector equipment when a flight is though passengers from several flights can mix in the areas beyond the Access on the runway area is strictly Airport personnel competent and Kuala Bumpur Airport is alone in the Region in praying All baggage of passengers enter ing the terminal building even before hand is prayed and subject to an additional search before the passenger boards the Domestic and International flights Are strictly Only Singapore airlines requires All bag Gage to be inspected on entering the Singapore Airport build though Access Between arrivals and departures is easier Here than in some other detection devices Are Iua Ted at the Gate of each flights boarding the Vire Flat is spacious and never so personnel can easily observe the n a new International Airport opened at outside the layout a series of Java Nyle pavilions connected by open walkways probably makes the Airport vulnerable to unauthorized Luggage is examined Only at Galea in Rio de air port Security is As it is in most of latin although there have been almost no hijackings in the Region in recent individuals and hand Luggage Are screened by xray devices on International but not for Domestic the police presence is in although International and Domestic Depar Ture lounges Are it is easy to move from one to commented Taylor of the pilots association to level of Security varies at Limas Jorge Chavez xray machines Are used for International flights but not for Domestic despite the fact of Perus guerrilla there is More of a military presence Here than in Rio de As is True elsewhere in the drug smugglers Are the main target of at Benito Juarez Airport in Mexico Security is and officials allow almost anyone with a serious looking credential to accompany depart ing passengers or await arrivals at the door of the Security procedures at Managua a gusto Cesar Sandino International Airport Are much tighter than at other Central american Plain clothes police officers patrol waiting All baggage a photo stepped up Security at Toronto Airport since air India explosion has led to delayed Long lines Industry looking into Security associated press airline Security experts Are satisfied that the Athens Airport has improved Security to acceptable but believe several others still Are not doing enough to foil the air lines Trade association announced Security officials from 18 airlines including air Canadian Pacific and others hit by re cent attacks met in Montreal to Exchange information and discuss what new measures Are a spokesman for the International air transport association in a statement issued in Montreal and Geneva while the Security specialists Iata said a team of experts has completed an inspection in and the greek government has agreed to All its recon Security at Athens Airport has been raised to fully acceptable International said David the associations Public information after a Twa Jet was hijacked june 14 in Athens later taken to Beirut where some passengers and Crew members Are still held captive critics said Security at the greek Airport was president Ronald Reagan advised american air travellers to avoid Athens and suggested that airlines should consider suspending flights to that Kyd told a news conference that the association had been trying since 1980 to get Greece to improve Security measures at despite an i depth Iata inspection and 10 followup visits in the past five the greek government insisted its precautions were Kyd now that the problem in Athens is there Are still five or six airports around the world where Security does not meet minimum Kyd two of the deficient airports Are in the far East and three in the Middle East or Kyd but he refused to be More specific for fear of providing useful information to would be terror the special meeting of Latas Security advisory committee whose members Are airline Security chiefs or their representatives discussed what tighter measures might be needed to respond to the recent outbreak of violence against civil Kyd said the airlines aimed at not making flying impossibly while still tightening Security to the maximum extent the experts recommended that Latas onsite inspections which have looked at 40 airports in the past six years be that authorities tighten vigilance Over aircraft waiting at Airport ramps and that the Industry work with manufacturers of High technology equipment to upgrade defences against Kyd said Iata does not have the authority to impose sanctions if its recommendations Are not Fol Complete Security precautions require they require they require alas they require More time than Many travellers Are will ing to Kyd but he said the key question in Airport Security is the motivation and attentiveness of people operating equipment which is almost always technically the special meeting was called within hours after an air India flight crashed off the coast of Ireland and an explosion rocked Tokyo Airport As baggage from a Canadian Pacific flight was being is armed soldiers patrol the runway Security at Canadian airports is virtually identical to that of the United xray machines Are used to screen All Carryon and passengers must walk through a Metal detecting police Are on we have no questions about its safety Wallis said of Kennedy International air along with the usual Metal detectors and xray there Are alarm systems to detect and uniformed and plainclothes officers Are in special badges and License plates Are among the devices Juno used to keep the Airfield at Miami International Passen Gers appear to be screened thoroughly by xray machines and Metal but they move quickly through the checkpoint at the rate of less than 20 seconds Security is provided by private companies employed by individual airlines and by Dade which has a 120member police Force covering the air because of miamis proximity to the the companies give their personnel specialized an Airport official in the last 12 years Only two hijackings have originated from he the stars and stripes Page 15