Aviation Security: Training Standards Needed for Extra Security Measures at Foreign Airports : Report to the Secretary of Transportation

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U.S. General Accounting Office, 1989 - Airports - 11 pages

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Page 2 - Act of 1970 requires the head of a Federal agency to submit a written statement on actions taken on our recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on Government Operations not later than 60 days after the date of the report and to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with the agency's first reauest for appropriations made more than 60 days after the date of the report.
Page 7 - ... complete 100 percent x-ray or physical inspection of all checked baggage. Passengers may not have access to the contents of checked baggage following the security inspection. Airlines must perform a positive match of passenger and baggage to ensure unaccompanied bags are not loaded onto the aircraft. Airlines must take additional measures to preclude unauthorized access to baggage from check-in to loading on board the aircraft. An increased number of passengers is to be randomly selected for...
Page 7 - Small packages and parcels that are shipped through passenger ticket counters must be x-rayed or physically examined prior to shipment. These measures exact a cost on our air transportation system and are not taken lightly by the FAA. But we...
Page 6 - Americans in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland on December 21, 1988 was the largest single terrorist attack in history against American civilians.
Page 2 - Senate, as well as to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Governmental Operations.
Page 1 - BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS...
Page 8 - FAA agreed with our findings and, subject to host government approval, will examine host governments' procedures for testing equipment and personnel, review the records of past tests, and observe the training of security personnel.
Page 6 - Standard Security Program identifies requirements for " airline security at all domestic US airports, and stipulates additional security procedures that US airlines must follow at high-risk foreign airports.

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