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Video answers: How to design impenetrable airport security

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. There’s no evidence to suggest that the TSA have prevented a terrorist attack.
  2. ICAO doesn’t offer suggestions on how to secure an airport, instead it defines objectives without suggesting how to achieve those objectives.
  3. It means that a place may look secure when in reality it isn’t completely.
  4. Israel has the best airport security in the world.
  5. It’s different because it is based more on the human factor than on scanning equipment (although they still use this too).
  6. Cars are checked before getting to the airport, plain clothes officers move around the check-in area and even before people check-in they pass through in interview which will determine their risk level.
  7. Young Arab men travelling alone are the highest risk group.
  8. After bags are checked in they’re placed in a pressure chamber which simulates the pressure on board an aircraft at cruise altitudes, the idea is to set off any explosives designed to detonate when a place is in flight.
  9. Air marshals are put on every flight.
  10. Flares are deployed if an incoming missile is detected.
  11. That’s hard to measure as Ben Gurion airport only has 20 million passengers per year and doesn’t deal with the volume of some of the bigger international airports. Racial profiling could not be used in other airports around the world as it is illegal.
  12. The number of people travelling has declined by 6% since September 11th 2001.
  13. It’s hard to know, maybe airport security works by deterring terrorists instead of catching them.

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Video: How to design impenetrable airport security

This week’s video talks about the effectiveness of modern airport security and how it could be improved. Watch the video to find out how.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Has the TSA been effective in preventing terrorist acts?
  2. What does ICAO recommend in relation to the type of airport security used?
  3. What does the term ‘security theatre’ mean?
  4. Which country has the best airport security in the world?
  5. How is security different there?
  6. What security procedures are in place there?
  7. Which groups of people are highest risk?
  8. What unusual step happens to bags after being checked-in?
  9. What security exists on board?
  10. What security exists against missiles?
  11. Could these security measures be adopted worldwide?
  12. How has the number of people flying changed since 9/11.
  13. Is airport security effective?

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Video answers: ‘Aircraft bomb bag’

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The purpose is to verify if this bomb bag can withstand the effect of a bomb and prevent damage to a plane.
  2. It did very well. It contained the blast of the bomb and prevented damage to the plane.
  3. A Kevlar-type material and it’s around 1mm thick.
  4. Its flexibility, which allows it to expand to absorb a blast.
  5. He thought that it was one extra cost that airlines might not be able to afford, so probably not.

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Video: ‘Aircraft bomb bag’

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Here’s an interesting video that describes a new piece of technology that could protect planes from a serious security threat, watch the video to find out exactly what it is and how it works.

Try to answer the following question about the video and come back on Monday for the answer.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What’s the purpose of the tests shown in the video?
  2. How did the bag do in the tests?
  3. What’s the bag made of and how thick is it?
  4. What characteristic of the bag is crucial for its effectiveness?
  5. What did the aviation expert think that the bag would be used on planes in the future?

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Drone search text

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A plane was on short final to the runway when the crew reported that they could see a drone to the right of their position. They continued for a safe landing moments later. Subsequent arrivals were switched to a parallel runway and a police helicopter was sent to search for the drone close to the runway. The helicopter was unable to locate the drone or anything suspicious. A subsequent arrival to the same runway reported seeing an object but they couldn’t confirm that it was a drone. None of the planes had to perform a missed approach and the object disappeared not long after.

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Drone search audio

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Difficult words: short final, subsequent (adj.) , suspicious (adj.)