Explosions at Brussels Airport
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Explosions at Brussels Airport
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Maalbeek is about half a mile outside the city centre ans serves mainly the EU Parliament. Schuman (much busier) is about half a mile further down the line and serves mainly the Commission. My impression was that first reports mentioned a metro close to the institutions and was assumed to be Schuman
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The security industry will see an opportunity here to expand their empire. Prof David Begg (chairman of security and risk at Heathrow) is already justifying increased security measures landside "even if it means inconvenience, even if it means more delays, even if it means flying becomes more stressful". The intelligent response would be to find ways to enhance security without increasing inconvenience, delays and stress. But whatever we do the public will not be safer because the terrorists will just move on to anywhere else that people gather. The key thing in aviation is to stop terrorists and bombs getting onto planes or getting through to the most crowded areas airside.
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Originally Posted by 22/04
One easy measure though not foolproof is to prevent anyone other than passengers entering airport terminals. It's done in India, - oh before everyone shout's and employees, crew etc.
