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Kenocia Fernandes 244890Unit 3: D1
Joseph Kabia
SECURITY IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
D1 Discuss the involvement of security
organisations, regulatory bodies, systems, and
procedures prior to, during and after a security
incident.
Case study-
Cargo plane bomb plot: Ink
Cartridge Bomb ‘times to blow
up over US.
“The device, which was removed
from a UPS aircraft by Leicestershire Police officers shortly after
3.30 am on October 29, was timed to go off some seven hours
later”, police said. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “If the device
had not been removed from the aircraft, the activation could have
occurred over the eastern seaboard of the US”. The bomb,
disguised as an ink cartridge, was found following a tip-off from
Saudi Intelligence.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said the cargo plane arrived at East
Midlands Airport from Cologne and left “after the suspect package
had been removed”. He added that the bomb was ‘disrupted’
when explosive officers from East Midlands Airport removed the
printer cartridge from the printer during their initial examination
of the device.
Forensic examination by experts in Germany said the bomb, and
another found in Dubai, contained at least 300g of the powerful
explosive PETN. It had travelled through a UPS hub at Germany’s
Cologne airport before being detected in the UK following the tip-
off from Saudi Arabia. The device, which was bound for Chicago,
, Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Unit 3: D1
Joseph Kabia
originated in Yemen, and is thought to have been made and
dispatched by al Qaida.
As part of new security measures brought in following the foiled
attacks, countries sending airfreight to the UK will be “graded”
according to risk, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said. Rules
which allowed some freight not to be rescreened if it was merely
passing through the UK were being amended, he added.
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Incident Incident Incident
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Organisation from: Saudi AAIB (Air
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UK, UK explosives Investigation
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screening, Message from screening, Ink
(Airline Saudi security cartridge over
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