LONDON (AP) - discovery related to the U.S. mail bombs reveals the vulnerability of airfreight, which is governed by a patchwork of incompatible controls that make packages a threat even for passenger aircraft, experts said Saturday.
Companies that regularly do business with consignors of goods are permitted to ship packages not systematically subjected to x-ray or audits sniffer dog, said Philip Baum, editor-in-Chief of the International Aviation Security.
Packages placed on passenger flights are supposed to be checked for explosives, but screening protocols differ considerably from one country to another, analysts said.
The fact that at least two parcels containing explosives have been placed on flights only cargo shows that screening is ineffective in some cases, since both packages were transported on planes before they were discovered in England and Dubai, analysts said.
"The United Kingdom security is good enough, the United States are not bad, but aviation is a global company and we need effective regimes around the world," Baum said. "Cargo went on two cargo only and combi aircraft, passengers and goods, and cargo is subject to the same requirements as passenger baggage screening of.
X-ray machines are not an effective tool for screen bulk due to the size and the number of elements that need to be more sophisticated, gamma, x-ray machines are extremely expensive inspectés.Technologie Baum said
Some airports and airlines to make additional checks on these packages, but practices vary.
Baum has also warned that it is imprudent to minimize the significance of the threat posed by the cargo aircraft only, since those who could be loaded with an explosive device that could be detonated when the aircraft is on its final approach to a large city.
Other experts working in the sprawling cargo security system is very efficient in some parts of the world and very low in others, particularly in the Middle East.
John Shingleton with Guide Shipping Handy, a service of information industry, said a u.s. Government team on-site that visits many sites freight worldwide last year found a wide range of gross anomalies.
"They found with really serious security," he explains."They walked into a warehouse where supposedly secure cargo était.Vous talk million tonnes of cargo worldwide entier.généralement, security is high, but if you think it is perfect you are joking yourself.
He said that occupied from London Heathrow airport system is relatively efficient because cargo is detained for 24 hours, giving time for the authorities to check properly.
Aviation security consultant Chris Yates said responsible for us have been pushing homologous of the EU in order to increase level of screening packages linked to it United States said discovery plot shows Friday there are holes in the current system.
"This publicly expose the fact that there is still a long way to go to provide total security in terms of air freight", he said.
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