Semiannual Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of the Civil Aviation Security ProgramThe Administration - Aeronautics, Commercial |
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aboard aircraft acts against civil Actual Hijackings Administration Civil Aviation air carrier aircraft air carrier hijackings air taxi aircraft hijackings Airport Law Enforcement airport security Armenian terrorists Attempts on U.S. Aviation Administration Civil Aviation Security Program B-727 aircraft Bomb Threats carrier aircraft hijackings carry-on checked baggage Civil Aviation Security criminal acts Cuba Department of Transportation detection capability domestic flights Enforcement Actions EXHIBIT explosive detection explosive devices Federal Aviation Administration firearms and explosive GRAPO hijack an aircraft International Airport Jan-July January Japanese Red Army jetway June Dec CY number of hijackings occurred Passenger Screening percent persons screened police Puerto Rican Red Army Faction reporting period scheduled air carrier screening checkpoints security measures security procedures terrorist group total number training aid Transportation Federal Aviation U.S. air carriers U.S. Air Force U.S. Airports U.S. and foreign U.S. general aviation U.S. scheduled air U.S.Department of Transportation weapon detection devices Wichita Falls
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Page 19 - ... the heads of state and government are jointly resolved that their governments should take immediate action to cease all flights to that country. At the same time, their governments will initiate action to halt all incoming flights from that country or from any country...
Page 19 - At the same time, their governments will initiate action to halt all incoming flights from that country or from any country by the airlines of the country concerned. The heads of state and government urge other governments to join them in this commitment.
Page 3 - Passenger seating configuration means the total number of seats for which the aircraft Is type certificated that can be made available for passenger use aboard a flight and Includes that seat in certain airplanes which may be used by a representative of the Administrator to...
Page 12 - June 1983, when members of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) (qv) indiscriminately opened fire on a crowd in an Istanbul bazaar.
Page 6 - ... There were a total of 30 air carrier hijackings attempted worldwide In 1977, none of the 5 attempted against US air carriers were successful. Twenty-one of the 25 foreign hijackings succeeded apparently because of weak passenger screening procedures. It appears that the weapons used in those incidents were introduced through the normal passenger boarding process and should have been detected and prevented from being carried aboard by effective passenger and carry-on baggage screening procedures....
Page 18 - Further, foreign air carriers must abide by the standards and recommended practices established by the International Civil Aviation Organization...
Page 15 - August 27, 1980, established procedures for compensating air carriers who incurred nonreimbursed costs for screening passengers and their carry-on baggage moving in foreign air transportation during the period July 1 , 1976, through September 30, 1978.