Keeping passengers and aviation crews safe is a top priority in the aviation security industry. In order to effectively improve and maintain security measures, a comprehensive understanding of the most prominent threats to aviation security is required. Over the...
From H4 Solutions: As we’ve previously noted, in terms of threat, an airport insider is “a person who exploits, or has an intention to exploit, their role or knowledge for unauthorized purposes.” The term “airport insider” can apply to full or part-time permanent...
From H4 Solutions: Transportation Security Administration officers are the security agency’s frontline employees. They staff airport security checkpoints, screen checked luggage to ensure it’s safe to load onto commercial airliners and perform a wide variety of other...
From H4 Solutions: June 14, 1985: TWA Flight 847, a Boeing 727-200 that had begun its journey earlier in the morning in Cairo, Egypt, was hijacked after it left Athens, Greece. It was initially scheduled to fly to Rome, Italy and then Boston and, finally, San Diego in...