Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Unit 3- P6 P7 M1
Joseph Kabia
SECURITY IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
M1 Explain how security breaches have occurred.
P6 Explain how aviation security systems and
procedures are implemented and coordinated.
P7 Explain how procedures are implemented when
dealing with both minor security incidents and major
emergency situations.
M1 Explain how security breaches have occurred.
1. Air Cargo Bomb Plot Foiled on October 29, 2010
On October 29, 2010, US planes which had received cargo in
transit from Yemen to the US were searched after authorities
received a tip from Saudi Arabian intelligence officials regarding a
terrorist plot to send explosives via air cargo packages to the US.
Two planes that were searched had explosives on-board; one UPS
(United Parcel Services) plane in East Midlands Airport in the UK,
and a FedEx plane in Dubai. After searching the two planes,
authorities found PETN (explosives) and lead Azide PbN6
(explosive used in detonators to initiate secondary explosives)
which were packaged into computer printer ink cartridges.
Officials found that the bombs were sophisticated and were
connected to electric circuits and telephones with timed alarms
that were meant to detonate the explosives over or on US soil. Al-
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took responsibility for the
plot nearly a week after it was foiled. AQAP also took
responsibility for a UPS cargo plane that crashed at an air base in
Dubai shortly after take-off on September 3, 2010. Both crewmen
of the plane were killed. However, in November 2010, US
investigators said there was no evidence that the plane crash was
caused by an explosion and a terrorist attack was ruled out. In a
US Senate hearing titled “Closing the Gaps in Air Cargo Security,”
Senator Joseph Lieberman stated the following in regard to the air
, Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Unit 3- P6 P7 M1
Joseph Kabia
transportation/cargo system, the threat of terrorism, and the
importance of a solid US strategy:
“Beginning with the attacks against America on September 11,
2001, our terrorist enemies have consistently sought to use
airplanes as weapons of mass destruction, and more generally,
they have seen in our aviation system a strategic choke point of
international transit and commerce that could be brought to a
halt, or at least stopped, through terrorist attacks. We have seen
shoe bombers, liquid bombers, and underwear bombers. Again,
and again, terrorists have sought different ways to blow up an
airplane. In the most recent attempt, of course, terrorists hid
bombs inside the toner cartridges of printers and sent them to the
United States as air cargo. This plot, as the others before it, was
thwarted, in this case largely because of extraordinary
intelligence, and here we give thanks and credit to our friends
and allies in Saudi Arabia. But there was in this an element of
good fortune or luck, and luck, of course, is not a strategy to
defend our Nation from a threat of terrorists.”
Ink cartridges larger than 500g (17.6oz) were banned from hand
baggage on flights departing from the UK and also on cargo
flights unless they originate from a regular shipper with security
arrangements approved by the Department for Transport after
the ink cartridge bomb plot in 2010. The FBI and Homeland
Security Department in the US have warned local officials across
the country that packages from abroad with no return address
and excessive postage required a second examination.
2. A 11-year-old boy who board a plane to Italy from
Manchester airport without a passport.
Manchester Airport has launched an investigation after an 11-
year-old boy without any travel documents managed to clear five
levels of security and board a flight to Rome on his own. Liam
Corcoran managed to fly to the Italian capital completely
Unit 3- P6 P7 M1
Joseph Kabia
SECURITY IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
M1 Explain how security breaches have occurred.
P6 Explain how aviation security systems and
procedures are implemented and coordinated.
P7 Explain how procedures are implemented when
dealing with both minor security incidents and major
emergency situations.
M1 Explain how security breaches have occurred.
1. Air Cargo Bomb Plot Foiled on October 29, 2010
On October 29, 2010, US planes which had received cargo in
transit from Yemen to the US were searched after authorities
received a tip from Saudi Arabian intelligence officials regarding a
terrorist plot to send explosives via air cargo packages to the US.
Two planes that were searched had explosives on-board; one UPS
(United Parcel Services) plane in East Midlands Airport in the UK,
and a FedEx plane in Dubai. After searching the two planes,
authorities found PETN (explosives) and lead Azide PbN6
(explosive used in detonators to initiate secondary explosives)
which were packaged into computer printer ink cartridges.
Officials found that the bombs were sophisticated and were
connected to electric circuits and telephones with timed alarms
that were meant to detonate the explosives over or on US soil. Al-
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took responsibility for the
plot nearly a week after it was foiled. AQAP also took
responsibility for a UPS cargo plane that crashed at an air base in
Dubai shortly after take-off on September 3, 2010. Both crewmen
of the plane were killed. However, in November 2010, US
investigators said there was no evidence that the plane crash was
caused by an explosion and a terrorist attack was ruled out. In a
US Senate hearing titled “Closing the Gaps in Air Cargo Security,”
Senator Joseph Lieberman stated the following in regard to the air
, Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Unit 3- P6 P7 M1
Joseph Kabia
transportation/cargo system, the threat of terrorism, and the
importance of a solid US strategy:
“Beginning with the attacks against America on September 11,
2001, our terrorist enemies have consistently sought to use
airplanes as weapons of mass destruction, and more generally,
they have seen in our aviation system a strategic choke point of
international transit and commerce that could be brought to a
halt, or at least stopped, through terrorist attacks. We have seen
shoe bombers, liquid bombers, and underwear bombers. Again,
and again, terrorists have sought different ways to blow up an
airplane. In the most recent attempt, of course, terrorists hid
bombs inside the toner cartridges of printers and sent them to the
United States as air cargo. This plot, as the others before it, was
thwarted, in this case largely because of extraordinary
intelligence, and here we give thanks and credit to our friends
and allies in Saudi Arabia. But there was in this an element of
good fortune or luck, and luck, of course, is not a strategy to
defend our Nation from a threat of terrorists.”
Ink cartridges larger than 500g (17.6oz) were banned from hand
baggage on flights departing from the UK and also on cargo
flights unless they originate from a regular shipper with security
arrangements approved by the Department for Transport after
the ink cartridge bomb plot in 2010. The FBI and Homeland
Security Department in the US have warned local officials across
the country that packages from abroad with no return address
and excessive postage required a second examination.
2. A 11-year-old boy who board a plane to Italy from
Manchester airport without a passport.
Manchester Airport has launched an investigation after an 11-
year-old boy without any travel documents managed to clear five
levels of security and board a flight to Rome on his own. Liam
Corcoran managed to fly to the Italian capital completely
