Lack of passport checks expose air security flaw
Posted: Mar 09, 2014 11:06 PM Updated: Mar 10, 2014 12:06 AM
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press PARIS (AP) - When you travel, airport security agents may pat you down, inspect your deodorant and scan your body from head to toe. But there's a good chance that no one's checking whether you're using someone's lost or stolen passport.
A gaping, if little-known, loophole in international aviation security came into broader view Sunday when the international police agency Interpol said its computer systems had contained information on the theft of two passports that were used to board an ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight - but no national authorities had checked the database.
Largely unheeded, Interpol has long sounded the alarm that growing international travel has underpinned a new market for identity theft and bogus passports have lured many people: Illegal immigrants, terrorists, drug runners, pretty much anyone looking to travel unnoticed.
It's not known whether stolen passports had anything to do with Saturday's disappearance of the Boeing 777 bound from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people on board. But such oversights aren't new - and Interpol hopes national authorities will "learn from the tragedy."
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Associated Press PARIS (AP) - When you travel, airport security agents may pat you down, inspect your deodorant and scan your body from head to toe. But there's a good chance that no one's checking whether you're using someone's lost or stolen passport.
A gaping, if little-known, loophole in international aviation security came into broader view Sunday when the international police agency Interpol said its computer systems had contained information on the theft of two passports that were used to board an ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight - but no national authorities had checked the database.
Largely unheeded, Interpol has long sounded the alarm that growing international travel has underpinned a new market for identity theft and bogus passports have lured many people: Illegal immigrants, terrorists, drug runners, pretty much anyone looking to travel unnoticed.
It's not known whether stolen passports had anything to do with Saturday's disappearance of the Boeing 777 bound from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people on board. But such oversights aren't new - and Interpol hopes national authorities will "learn from the tragedy."
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– Passasjerene med stjålne pass er ikke asiater
De to som reiste med falske pass på det savnede malaysiske flyet, ser ikke asiatiske ut, sier sjefen Malaysias luftfartsmyndigheter.
Tekst: NTB
Mandag 10.03.2014, kl. 15:02 2014-03-10T15:02:42
Han tilbakeviser dermed tidligere uttalelser fra den malaysiske innenriksministeren Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, som sa at de to passasjerene hadde asiatisk utseende.
– Vi har sett over videomaterialet flere ganger og kan bekrefte at de to personene ikke ser asiatiske ut, sier Azharuddin Abdul Rahman fra luftfartsmyndighetene ifølge DPA.
– Vi har sett over videomaterialet flere ganger og kan bekrefte at de to personene ikke ser asiatiske ut, sier Azharuddin Abdul Rahman fra luftfartsmyndighetene ifølge DPA.
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