Jet Airways confirms an employee one of arrested foiled terror plot suspects
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Jet Airways confirms an employee one of arrested foiled terror plot suspects
India's Jet Airways confirms an employee one of arrested foiled terror plot suspects
By Nicholas Ionides in Singapore
India’s Jet Airways has confirmed that a London-based employee was one of the more than 20 people arrested by British authorities last week as part of their probe into an alleged plot to blow up aircraft on transatlantic flights.
The carrier says in a statement that the employee, Asmin Tariq, “is being suspended pending a full investigation, having not reported for duty for the past couple of days”.
Jet says Tariq, a member of its ground staff at London Heathrow airport, holds a UK passport. He became an employee in March this year when the airline ended its passenger service representative contract with G4S, which was previously known as Securicor.
It adds that UK employment law required it to take on G4S employees when it brought the work in-house.
“All G4S employees, including those who transferred to Jet Airways, had been cleared by the UK government security agency, namely Disclosures Scotland, to work at the airport,” says Jet.
“Typically it can take up to 12 weeks for an individual to obtain security clearance to work in Heathrow following references and referees from five different sources.”
Jet, India’s largest privately owned airline, serves Heathrow from the Indian cities of Amritsar, Delhi and Mumbai.
By Nicholas Ionides in Singapore
India’s Jet Airways has confirmed that a London-based employee was one of the more than 20 people arrested by British authorities last week as part of their probe into an alleged plot to blow up aircraft on transatlantic flights.
The carrier says in a statement that the employee, Asmin Tariq, “is being suspended pending a full investigation, having not reported for duty for the past couple of days”.
Jet says Tariq, a member of its ground staff at London Heathrow airport, holds a UK passport. He became an employee in March this year when the airline ended its passenger service representative contract with G4S, which was previously known as Securicor.
It adds that UK employment law required it to take on G4S employees when it brought the work in-house.
“All G4S employees, including those who transferred to Jet Airways, had been cleared by the UK government security agency, namely Disclosures Scotland, to work at the airport,” says Jet.
“Typically it can take up to 12 weeks for an individual to obtain security clearance to work in Heathrow following references and referees from five different sources.”
Jet, India’s largest privately owned airline, serves Heathrow from the Indian cities of Amritsar, Delhi and Mumbai.
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Yep, on ATWonline as well...
India's Jet Airways, which launched service to London last year, confirmed in a weekend statement that it has suspended UK employee Asmin Tariq, who was one of 24 people arrested in London as a suspect in the terrorist conspiracy uncovered last week. Tariq was a security employee absorbed by Jet when the carrier ended its contract with his former employer, G4S, which has relationships with British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, SAS and others, according to Jet. "All G4S employees, including those transferred to Jet Airways, had been cleared by the UK Government Security Agency...to work at [London Heathrow]," the airline said. "Tariq is being suspended pending a full investigation, having not reported for duty for the past couple of days."
Gee, I wonder why he didn't report for duty?
Could it be because he is in the pokey?
Gee, I wonder why he didn't report for duty?
Could it be because he is in the pokey?
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...... cleared by the UK government security agency, namely Disclosures Scotland, to work at the airport,” says Jet.
“Typically it can take up to 12 weeks for an individual to obtain security clearance to work in Heathrow following references and referees from five different sources.”
“Typically it can take up to 12 weeks for an individual to obtain security clearance to work in Heathrow following references and referees from five different sources.”
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Why is anybody surprised ?!
I wrote the following almost exactly two years ago (17th August 2004) - I think you'll find that many of the points raised then are still very relevant....
Needless to say, what we see on a daily basis is 'security' that's not a product of joined-up-thinking, just as it is not consistent throughout the EU and / or other parts of the world – as you say.
We've the farce that tweezers, nail clippers and the like, are disallowed (ex-UK), but wherein passengers can still procure and carry onboard duty-free flammable liquids housed in glass bottles, plus petrol & gas filled lighters to go with them. This is approved of at nearly all airports and at many airlines and where sometimes, in other countries and upon other airlines, you can purchase knives too.
We've the farce that the very expensive, supposedly bullet proof, flight deck door is housed in a non-bullet proof frame – go figure ?!
We've the farce that pilots sit in a flight deck, along with a very handy axe, and are entrusted with the priceless lives of the passengers, to say nothing of the value of the aeroplane, and yet they’re not trusted to take anything sharp through ‘security’.
We've the farce that Disclosure Scotland (DS) only works under UK legislation and has no jurisdiction to obtain criminal history information from other countries ( to say nothing of the fact that not all foreign countries have a system of recording criminal activity information ), just as they (DS) neither check religious or political leanings.
Indeed, one might suppose it quite likely that all of the 911 team would have passed DS - so long as they didn’t have a UK Criminal Record and were able to prove that they’d worked at, say, McDonald’s or some such, for the requisite amount of time to cover the employment history requirement.
It’s similarly a farce that many of the ‘crimes’, for which DS has caused people to have had their airside pass / livelihood suspended, are totally irrelevant to aviation security ( see here ).
As I wrote some time previously:
Now we have the farce that our Cabin Crew have to search life-jackets because, as has been correctly said, a "loophole in Crew Security checks that needs closing with a signature to blame someone if it all goes wrong".
The whole thing is farcical !
Originally Posted by Devils Advocate
Needless to say, what we see on a daily basis is 'security' that's not a product of joined-up-thinking, just as it is not consistent throughout the EU and / or other parts of the world – as you say.
We've the farce that tweezers, nail clippers and the like, are disallowed (ex-UK), but wherein passengers can still procure and carry onboard duty-free flammable liquids housed in glass bottles, plus petrol & gas filled lighters to go with them. This is approved of at nearly all airports and at many airlines and where sometimes, in other countries and upon other airlines, you can purchase knives too.
We've the farce that the very expensive, supposedly bullet proof, flight deck door is housed in a non-bullet proof frame – go figure ?!
We've the farce that pilots sit in a flight deck, along with a very handy axe, and are entrusted with the priceless lives of the passengers, to say nothing of the value of the aeroplane, and yet they’re not trusted to take anything sharp through ‘security’.
We've the farce that Disclosure Scotland (DS) only works under UK legislation and has no jurisdiction to obtain criminal history information from other countries ( to say nothing of the fact that not all foreign countries have a system of recording criminal activity information ), just as they (DS) neither check religious or political leanings.
Indeed, one might suppose it quite likely that all of the 911 team would have passed DS - so long as they didn’t have a UK Criminal Record and were able to prove that they’d worked at, say, McDonald’s or some such, for the requisite amount of time to cover the employment history requirement.
It’s similarly a farce that many of the ‘crimes’, for which DS has caused people to have had their airside pass / livelihood suspended, are totally irrelevant to aviation security ( see here ).
As I wrote some time previously:
The most laughable bit is that these checks only apply to convictions which can be traced against you within the UK and / or subject to the UK Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Thus anything that one might have done beyond our shores is of no consequence, e.g.
I could be a paid up member of the IRA / ETA / AlQeda / etc
I could be wanted in, say, Bosnia or Sierra Leone, for gun running / rape / torture / extortion / murder / genocide
I could be the ring leader of a people & drug smuggling organization in Far East
I could be living off immoral earnings from a string of child prostitutes in India
Heck, I could even be a piano player in an Aberdeen whorehouse
....... and Disclosure Scotland would know diddlysquat about any of it !
Thus anything that one might have done beyond our shores is of no consequence, e.g.
I could be a paid up member of the IRA / ETA / AlQeda / etc
I could be wanted in, say, Bosnia or Sierra Leone, for gun running / rape / torture / extortion / murder / genocide
I could be the ring leader of a people & drug smuggling organization in Far East
I could be living off immoral earnings from a string of child prostitutes in India
Heck, I could even be a piano player in an Aberdeen whorehouse
....... and Disclosure Scotland would know diddlysquat about any of it !
The whole thing is farcical !
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Passengers cannot take their tweezers on board. However, their airside duty free spirits, as Devils Advocate points out, does represent a very flammable cocktail. Also as any self-respecting pub brawler will tell you a smashed bottle makes a formidable dagger. I would rather face a disgruntled passenger waving a pair of tweezers at me than a smashed bottle of Remy Martin (Grand Cru). Should all spirits be in plastic bottles for airside purchase? Would you drink wine or Champaign from a plastic bottle if that’s all that was available airside?
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I know this is only a "Rumour Network" and I know that this individual was initially named in an overseas comunique. I know that Chanel 4 news and others have run pieces giving trivial profiles of some of those who have been detained. However the further propagation of info regarding these individuals does not seem to me to be sensible, since if any charges are brought, to do so may well provide ammunition to defence teams seeking to avoid prosecution based upon procedural legalities, which might potentially deny a fair hearing. I would resepectfully suggest that we(PPRUNers) would be better avoiding names at this stage, so that we do not inadvertently compromise any subsequent legal proceedings.
Names of Suspects
I wouldn't worry as all the suspects names are available on the Bank of England's website under "sanctions".
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publi...s/2006/082.htm
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publi...s/2006/082.htm
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Originally Posted by martinidoc
I would resepectfully suggest that we(PPRUNers) would be better avoiding names at this stage, so that we do not inadvertently compromise any subsequent legal proceedings.
