2016-03-22 23:00

Brussels Attack Could See Security Cordon Shift to Airport Door

Xinhua / Theo Duval
Xinhua / Theo Duval
Airports that don‘t require people to undergo security checks until they move beyond the departure hall may be forced to consider a shift to screening at every entrance following Tuesday‘s bombings in Brussels.

With two devices apparently detonated in an open-access or „landside“ area of the Belgian capital‘s Zaventem airport, the safety of remaining public spaces at hubs with otherwise stringent security arrangements faces renewed scrutiny.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. attacks security provisions within the aviation industry have focused on stopping terrorists boarding planes, with measures such as full-body scans, shoe checks and bans on everything from liquids to nail clippers applied only once the passenger is past the check-in desk.

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