Airport Security
High tech scan of visitors arriving in US
The US department of Homeland Security has finalized a high technology system for registration of visitors to the country.
Buff Up for an Hassle-free Commute with Your Laptop through an Airport Checkpoint
I still remember spending those painstaking moments for the security "check-up" of my laptop at the airport, it’s so irritating, when you have to open your case and take your laptop entirely out.
Airport Security Stops Woman For Wearing Nipple Rings
While most of us have grumbled at what seem like excessive security screening at airports, we grudgingly put up with it as an inescapable fact of life. Sometimes, however, this blind adherence to following rules causes an absence of common sense, bordering on lunacy.
Security Alert Grounds England's High-flyers
Cricket: England's flight was delayed today after a security alert shut down Christchurch airport for four hours
Airport Area Parking Tips - Places to Park and Save
If you are taking a flight how do you get to the airport? If you want to drive what is the best way to save when you park your car?
British Girls Guilty of Ghana Drug Smuggling
Two British teenagers arrested after allegedly trying to carry large amounts of cocaine through airport security found guilty at court in Accra
Not On My Watch, God
The Vatican has recently started a low-cost, charter-based airline service from Rome to carry pilgrims to Catholic shrines in Europe. The airline refused pilgrims to bring home bottles of Lourdes holy water.
Heathrow Airport Parking
Heathrow is the busiest airport in the UK , the parking facility available here is of global standard and fulfills the needs of huge number of tourists arriving in the Heathrow airport.
US to Introduce Biometric Airport Checks By 2008
Millions of Britons leaving United States airports face mandatory fingerprinting under new security guidelines.
Tighter Airport Security Hurts Us Tourism
The US has suffered a sharp drop in tourism since 9/11, mainly because of concerns over tighter passport and customs controls, according to the travel industry.
New Airport Security Measures Will Spawn Creative Solutions
The latest spate of security measures may have put a dent in global business practices.
Airport Workers Stripped of Security Passes
Baggage handlers at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport have been stripped of security passes because of suspected terror links.
Paris Airport Bars 70 Muslim Workers
More than 70 Muslim workers at the main airport in Paris were today stripped of their security clearance after authorities claimed they posed a risk to passengers.
Yikes! More Security! What is on the 'Banned List' since August 10?
Since August 10, 2006, new precautions have been introduced in response to the air terror plot thwarted in Britain by security officials. The following article provides more information. Some media reports immediately following the plot's discovery were actually inaccurate.
12 Arrested After Plane Diverted in Security Alert
Dutch police arrested 12 people yesterday after a plane heading to India turned back to Amsterdam when the crew became suspicious of several passengers who apparently exchanged mobile phones as the airliner prepared to take off.
Protesters Board Another Us Plane at Prestwick
A group of anti-war campaigners yesterday claimed to have broken through security at Prestwick airport and boarded a US plane.
Security Lapse Reveals Secrets of Air Force One
The aircraft just became rather less mysterious after it emerged that detailed plans of its interior and exterior had been made publicly available on the website of an American air force base.
Troops Sent in As Pay Row Shuts Baghdad Airport
Iraq's government sent troops today to try and reopen Baghdad's main airport, which closed earlier in the day because of a pay row with British security contractors.
Pay Row Closes Baghdad Airport
Baghdad's international airport was closed today after the British company in charge of security halted operations in a row over payment.
Kennedy's Name on Us 'no-fly' List
Senator Ted Kennedy, a man with one of the most recognisable faces in American politics, was challenged by security officials on five US flights this year because his name was on the "no-fly" list of suspected terrorists. Airport officials in his home town of Boston and in Washington DC...
US Relaxes Policy on Visa Violations
British travellers who overstay in the US by a few days will no longer be searched, handcuffed, detained and put on the first plane back home if they return, the commissioner of the American department of homeland security said. Stories of the harsh treatment meted out to British visitors...
Flights Halted After Bomb Threat Found on Plane
A bomb threat scribbled on a sick bag left in an aeroplane toilet sparked a huge security alert yesterday that grounded many flights leaving Australia. The captain flew the plane back to Sydney when the message was discovered, travelling 600 miles as emergency crews prepared to evacuate...
Security Breaches Trigger Us Air Alert
The US federal aviation authority has ordered an immediate security inspection of all 7,000 airliners in America's commercial fleet after Stanley knives, bleach, and taunting messages were found hidden aboard two planes. The 24-hour sweep, with departing flights from all US airports...
More Armed Guards on Us Flights
Travellers to the US can expect further delays and heightened scrutiny under plans to put 5,000 more armed guards on US commercial flights. Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, unveiled a programme to combine air marshals and customs and immigration agents into a central pool,...
Hijacker 'wanted to Crash Jet'
A man armed with two wooden stakes who injured two cabin staff on a domestic flight in Australia apparently wanted to crash the plane, the Australian transport minister said yesterday. The 40-year-old man had managed to smuggle the 15cm stakes through airport security and on to the 2.50pm...
Speed uneasy amid guns and roses
If Ali Bacher and Malcolm Speed came to Harare to check out security, they would have been happy men as they drove from the airport to the city centre yesterday. Riot police in full combat gear patrolled the main intersections while helicopters whirled overhead. They said they wanted protection and they certainly got it.
Airport staff vote in favour of strike action
Firefighters and security guards at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.
Arabs and Muslims to Be Fingerprinted at Us Airports
The US yesterday introduced a sweeping new security regime at its airports and borders, photographing and fingerprinting visitors from Arab and Muslim countries. The regulations, which were denounced by critics as ethnic profiling, went into effect at all American airports and border...
Big moment for drama's small players
UN Temporary members of security council hold key to vote. If, in a few years time, you should find yourself in Conakry, capital of the west African republic of Guinea, and notice that the airport terminal seems unusually luxurious or the road system unexpectedly well-maintained, it might be worth thinking back to the Iraq crisis of 2002 - and wondering.
Hijacker 'planned to strike at US embassy'
Security agencies across Europe are bracing themselves for a wave of terrorist attacks around the anniversary of 11 September after claims that the man arrested at a Swedish airport with a gun in his luggage was planning to hijack a London-bound plane and fly it into a US embassy somewhere in Europe.
South African Police Chief Accused of Joke Bomb Threat
The South African national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, is embroiled in a row after allegedly telling an airport security man that he had a bomb in his bag. In a report seen by the Guardian the security officer claims that Mr Selebi made the comment when he arrived at...
Spaniard Threatens Air Crew With Knife
Airport security around the world came under the spotlight again yesterday, when a passenger on a flight from the Colombian capital Bogota to Madrid reportedly threatened crew and fellow passengers with a knife, a box cutter and some needles. The attacker, a Cuban-born Spaniard, pulled...
America puts armed guards in airports
The newly formed government agency responsible for US airline security has responded to the shooting at Los Angeles airport on July 4 by announcing plans to have armed officers patrolling airport terminals and guarding ticket counters.
US streamlines airport security with new class of passenger
US believes it's time to prepare for a new grade of airline travel: suspect class.
Guns Stream Past Airport Security
Hundreds of guns, knives and fake bombs made it past US airport security staff during an undercover government test which exposed huge holes in security. Staff at 32 airports failed to spot 70% of the knives, 30% of the guns and 60% of the dummy explosives carried by secret investigators...
Briton Held As Terror Suspect Threatens to Sue Fbi
The British law student at the centre of an international security alert - during which Canadian and US warplanes were scrambled to intercept a civilian airliner heading into New York's JFK airport - yesterday condemned his treatment at the hands of the FBI. Adeel Akhtar, 21, is...
Lockerbie Appeal Hears Evidence of Heathrow Break-in
Two former security officials told the Lockerbie appeals court today that they saw evidence of a break-in into a restricted baggage area at Heathrow airport, testimony which defence lawyers say casts doubt on the conviction of a Libyan man for the downing of Pan Am Flight 103. Raymond...
Chechnya air crash kills security chiefs
A top Russian security official and 13 senior police officers were killed yesterday when their helicopter crashed in Chechnya. The Kremlin said the helicopter carrying General Mikhail Rudchenko, a deputy interior minister, went down north-east of the capital Grozny. Although first...
While most of us have grumbled at what seem like excessive security screening at airports, we grudgingly put up with it as an inescapable fact of life. Sometimes, however, this blind adherence to following rules causes an absence of common sense, bordering on lunacy.
Security Alert Grounds England's High-flyers
Cricket: England's flight was delayed today after a security alert shut down Christchurch airport for four hours
Airport Area Parking Tips - Places to Park and Save
If you are taking a flight how do you get to the airport? If you want to drive what is the best way to save when you park your car?
British Girls Guilty of Ghana Drug Smuggling
Two British teenagers arrested after allegedly trying to carry large amounts of cocaine through airport security found guilty at court in Accra
Not On My Watch, God
The Vatican has recently started a low-cost, charter-based airline service from Rome to carry pilgrims to Catholic shrines in Europe. The airline refused pilgrims to bring home bottles of Lourdes holy water.
Heathrow Airport Parking
Heathrow is the busiest airport in the UK , the parking facility available here is of global standard and fulfills the needs of huge number of tourists arriving in the Heathrow airport.
US to Introduce Biometric Airport Checks By 2008
Millions of Britons leaving United States airports face mandatory fingerprinting under new security guidelines.
Tighter Airport Security Hurts Us Tourism
The US has suffered a sharp drop in tourism since 9/11, mainly because of concerns over tighter passport and customs controls, according to the travel industry.
New Airport Security Measures Will Spawn Creative Solutions
The latest spate of security measures may have put a dent in global business practices.
Airport Workers Stripped of Security Passes
Baggage handlers at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport have been stripped of security passes because of suspected terror links.
Paris Airport Bars 70 Muslim Workers
More than 70 Muslim workers at the main airport in Paris were today stripped of their security clearance after authorities claimed they posed a risk to passengers.
Yikes! More Security! What is on the 'Banned List' since August 10?
Since August 10, 2006, new precautions have been introduced in response to the air terror plot thwarted in Britain by security officials. The following article provides more information. Some media reports immediately following the plot's discovery were actually inaccurate.
12 Arrested After Plane Diverted in Security Alert
Dutch police arrested 12 people yesterday after a plane heading to India turned back to Amsterdam when the crew became suspicious of several passengers who apparently exchanged mobile phones as the airliner prepared to take off.
Protesters Board Another Us Plane at Prestwick
A group of anti-war campaigners yesterday claimed to have broken through security at Prestwick airport and boarded a US plane.
Security Lapse Reveals Secrets of Air Force One
The aircraft just became rather less mysterious after it emerged that detailed plans of its interior and exterior had been made publicly available on the website of an American air force base.
Troops Sent in As Pay Row Shuts Baghdad Airport
Iraq's government sent troops today to try and reopen Baghdad's main airport, which closed earlier in the day because of a pay row with British security contractors.
Pay Row Closes Baghdad Airport
Baghdad's international airport was closed today after the British company in charge of security halted operations in a row over payment.
Kennedy's Name on Us 'no-fly' List
Senator Ted Kennedy, a man with one of the most recognisable faces in American politics, was challenged by security officials on five US flights this year because his name was on the "no-fly" list of suspected terrorists. Airport officials in his home town of Boston and in Washington DC...
US Relaxes Policy on Visa Violations
British travellers who overstay in the US by a few days will no longer be searched, handcuffed, detained and put on the first plane back home if they return, the commissioner of the American department of homeland security said. Stories of the harsh treatment meted out to British visitors...
Flights Halted After Bomb Threat Found on Plane
A bomb threat scribbled on a sick bag left in an aeroplane toilet sparked a huge security alert yesterday that grounded many flights leaving Australia. The captain flew the plane back to Sydney when the message was discovered, travelling 600 miles as emergency crews prepared to evacuate...
Security Breaches Trigger Us Air Alert
The US federal aviation authority has ordered an immediate security inspection of all 7,000 airliners in America's commercial fleet after Stanley knives, bleach, and taunting messages were found hidden aboard two planes. The 24-hour sweep, with departing flights from all US airports...
More Armed Guards on Us Flights
Travellers to the US can expect further delays and heightened scrutiny under plans to put 5,000 more armed guards on US commercial flights. Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, unveiled a programme to combine air marshals and customs and immigration agents into a central pool,...
Hijacker 'wanted to Crash Jet'
A man armed with two wooden stakes who injured two cabin staff on a domestic flight in Australia apparently wanted to crash the plane, the Australian transport minister said yesterday. The 40-year-old man had managed to smuggle the 15cm stakes through airport security and on to the 2.50pm...
Speed uneasy amid guns and roses
If Ali Bacher and Malcolm Speed came to Harare to check out security, they would have been happy men as they drove from the airport to the city centre yesterday. Riot police in full combat gear patrolled the main intersections while helicopters whirled overhead. They said they wanted protection and they certainly got it.
Airport staff vote in favour of strike action
Firefighters and security guards at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.
Arabs and Muslims to Be Fingerprinted at Us Airports
The US yesterday introduced a sweeping new security regime at its airports and borders, photographing and fingerprinting visitors from Arab and Muslim countries. The regulations, which were denounced by critics as ethnic profiling, went into effect at all American airports and border...
Big moment for drama's small players
UN Temporary members of security council hold key to vote. If, in a few years time, you should find yourself in Conakry, capital of the west African republic of Guinea, and notice that the airport terminal seems unusually luxurious or the road system unexpectedly well-maintained, it might be worth thinking back to the Iraq crisis of 2002 - and wondering.
Hijacker 'planned to strike at US embassy'
Security agencies across Europe are bracing themselves for a wave of terrorist attacks around the anniversary of 11 September after claims that the man arrested at a Swedish airport with a gun in his luggage was planning to hijack a London-bound plane and fly it into a US embassy somewhere in Europe.
South African Police Chief Accused of Joke Bomb Threat
The South African national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, is embroiled in a row after allegedly telling an airport security man that he had a bomb in his bag. In a report seen by the Guardian the security officer claims that Mr Selebi made the comment when he arrived at...
Spaniard Threatens Air Crew With Knife
Airport security around the world came under the spotlight again yesterday, when a passenger on a flight from the Colombian capital Bogota to Madrid reportedly threatened crew and fellow passengers with a knife, a box cutter and some needles. The attacker, a Cuban-born Spaniard, pulled...
America puts armed guards in airports
The newly formed government agency responsible for US airline security has responded to the shooting at Los Angeles airport on July 4 by announcing plans to have armed officers patrolling airport terminals and guarding ticket counters.
US streamlines airport security with new class of passenger
US believes it's time to prepare for a new grade of airline travel: suspect class.
Guns Stream Past Airport Security
Hundreds of guns, knives and fake bombs made it past US airport security staff during an undercover government test which exposed huge holes in security. Staff at 32 airports failed to spot 70% of the knives, 30% of the guns and 60% of the dummy explosives carried by secret investigators...
Briton Held As Terror Suspect Threatens to Sue Fbi
The British law student at the centre of an international security alert - during which Canadian and US warplanes were scrambled to intercept a civilian airliner heading into New York's JFK airport - yesterday condemned his treatment at the hands of the FBI. Adeel Akhtar, 21, is...
Lockerbie Appeal Hears Evidence of Heathrow Break-in
Two former security officials told the Lockerbie appeals court today that they saw evidence of a break-in into a restricted baggage area at Heathrow airport, testimony which defence lawyers say casts doubt on the conviction of a Libyan man for the downing of Pan Am Flight 103. Raymond...
Chechnya air crash kills security chiefs
A top Russian security official and 13 senior police officers were killed yesterday when their helicopter crashed in Chechnya. The Kremlin said the helicopter carrying General Mikhail Rudchenko, a deputy interior minister, went down north-east of the capital Grozny. Although first...