Cargo screening finally taking off
Posted: 30 Apr 2007, 10:52From the LA Times.
A pilot program in San Francisco will test ways to ensure that explosives don't make it into the underbellies of airliners.
By Jennifer Oldham, Times Staff Writer
April 30, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO — It's been a vexing, if little publicized, dilemma in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: The thorough screenings that passengers' bags are subjected to do not extend to most cargo hoisted into the bellies of airliners.
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A pilot program in San Francisco will test ways to ensure that explosives don't make it into the underbellies of airliners.
By Jennifer Oldham, Times Staff Writer
April 30, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO — It's been a vexing, if little publicized, dilemma in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: The thorough screenings that passengers' bags are subjected to do not extend to most cargo hoisted into the bellies of airliners.
Full piece can be read here.
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