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Old 18th September 2002 | 09:38
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AlphaCharlie
 
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From: South London
Security at spainish airports!

Having flown from Valencia to London within the last month, and returned from Barcelona earlier this week, I was shocked that whilst the rest of Europe and the US are cracking down on security, Spain appears to be doing nothing!

Both times, I passed through security without having to show my boarding, at Barcelona I was asked no security questions regarding my luggage (ok no one ever says yes I left my bag unattended, no I didn't pack it myself and yes I am carrying unknown goods for someone who paid me £10 to take them to London). At Barcelona, I got all the way to the top of the airbridge before being asked for my passport (and even then the person was only a ground crew person not police or airport security), it wouldn't have been hard to push past and get on the plane - fine I may not have been able to get it airbourne but I could cause a pretty good stand off on the ground with a bomb, an aircraft full of fuel and 150 passengers on board!!

Why's spain so relaxed about this?
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