MIA to tighten security following Lankan’s security breach
April 24, 2011 03:45 pm
Malta International Airport wants to outsource services for its security check points after the Christmas Eve incident in which a Sri Lankan was stopped at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport carrying two knives and a screwdriver in his trousers. The man had disembarked from an Air Malta plane and was travelling to Doha, Qatar.
Following the incident, the MIA said that it would be increasing security, action that the airport said was being taken irrespective of the security breach incident. Such measures are to include the introduction or upgrading of various items of equipment, an increase in aviation security training and more intense testing of its employees’ knowledge of airport security.
In a report in another section of the media yesterday, a government spokesman was quoted as saying that an investigation by the Office of the Manager of Airport Security had found no evidence that the Sri Lankan had been carrying the prohibited items when he had passed through Malta International Airport.
The Office had also made a number of recommendations to further improve screening procedures, which had been implemented by the MIA, the Malta Independent reported.
Following the incident, the MIA said that it would be increasing security, action that the airport said was being taken irrespective of the security breach incident. Such measures are to include the introduction or upgrading of various items of equipment, an increase in aviation security training and more intense testing of its employees’ knowledge of airport security.
In a report in another section of the media yesterday, a government spokesman was quoted as saying that an investigation by the Office of the Manager of Airport Security had found no evidence that the Sri Lankan had been carrying the prohibited items when he had passed through Malta International Airport.
The Office had also made a number of recommendations to further improve screening procedures, which had been implemented by the MIA, the Malta Independent reported.
