Embarrassed Schiphol ups security
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March 10, 2010, Wednesday
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SECURITY has been tightened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after a team of investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington DC, the airport and the Dutch anti-terror agency said yesterday.
Security at Schiphol has been under scrutiny since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab flew from the airport to Detroit on Christmas Day with explosives.
In an undercover operation broadcast on Sunday night, reporters refilled bottles bought at a duty free store, resealed them and smuggled them back into the store where they had bought them. They then went through the check-out counter again with the same bottles, where they were put into sealed plastic bags that were not checked by security staff.
The National Anti-terror Coordinator says extra security staff will immediately begin patrolling duty-free stores at the airport.
The stunt was possible because handbag security is conducted at the boarding gate rather than before the departure lounge where the duty-free shops are located.
Security at Schiphol has been under scrutiny since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab flew from the airport to Detroit on Christmas Day with explosives.
In an undercover operation broadcast on Sunday night, reporters refilled bottles bought at a duty free store, resealed them and smuggled them back into the store where they had bought them. They then went through the check-out counter again with the same bottles, where they were put into sealed plastic bags that were not checked by security staff.
The National Anti-terror Coordinator says extra security staff will immediately begin patrolling duty-free stores at the airport.
The stunt was possible because handbag security is conducted at the boarding gate rather than before the departure lounge where the duty-free shops are located.
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