New Delhi, Apr 23: Taking note of the passengers’ objection to the double or re-metal detector checking by private airlines staff after checking by aviation security, India’s aviation security agency for civil aircraft Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has said that it is a part of the security advisory which has been issued depending upon the threat perception.
Recently, several passengers objected to double or re-metal detector checking by private airlines staff after being checked by the aviation security Central Industry Security Force (CISF), passengers have raised concerns about how airlines are handling metal detector re-checking.
Some air travellers on the internet objected to this, saying that “at Delhi T-1, inexplicably frisking each passenger with a metal detector before you board the bus. Seems they don’t trust the CISF Security Gate check. Unnecessary and does the airline even have this mandate?”
“Security advisories are issued from time to time due to threat perception and the recent advisory on re-checking of passengers by airlines staffs is part of security advisory,” a top BCAS official said.
“The security agency has advised all private airline companies to conduct portion of passengers re-checking of all passengers except for the North-Eastern (NE) and Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) flight as for NE and J-K mandatory re-checking required,” he added.