July 5, 200719 yr SUVARNABHUMI Bangkok Post New airport is unsafe, checks below par, says IATA report AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK Suvarnabhumi airport is unsafe with checks on people and their belongings in the passenger terminal falling below standard, says the International Air Transport Association. IATA's safety study of the airport found that standards are inferior to those of Don Mueang airport, said an Airports of Thailand source who obtained the report The study aimed at maintaining security standards at international airports will be tabled for discussion by AoT board members today. The meeting will be chaired by Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr, who also is deputy secretary-general of the Council for National Security. The report found there are many spots in the passenger terminal where checked passengers can meet people who have not passed through security, from whom they can receive unchecked parcels or objects and then carry them on board aircraft. Those soft spots include checkpoints D and G where checked people and outsiders are separated by one-metre-high glass partitions..... Full article http://www.bangkokpost.net/News/05Jul2007_news02.php
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