Airport security News

India's CISF recently hosted a high-level workshop with aviation stakeholders to enhance airport security, integrate advanced technology like facial recognition, and streamline processes for a smoother, more passenger-friendly travel experience nationwide.

An Air India flight going from New Delhi to Visakhapatnam received a bomb threat Tuesday late night, but it was found to be a hoax after a thorough scrutiny on landing in the port city, said an official.

Airport authorities often ask passengers to take out their electronic devices like laptops, mobile phones, and tablets out of the luggage; read on to find out the reason.

In airport operations, time plays a very crucial role and every minute lost in the process can cause a passenger to miss his / her flight, said Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

Aviation Explained: We answer What happens to their baggage when they check in at the airport or what are the prohibited items one should not carry in their check in bags?

Actor Siddharth complains that airport security harassed his parents He claims that CRPF staff was "Rude AF," and refused to talk in english The airport security made his parent remove all coins from the bag

A proposal has been sent to install scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports will provide a three-dimensional view of the objects in hand baggage.

The incident occurred on Phuket Airport The video now has more than a million views The video also has more than 64 thousand likes

The Mahindra Marksman is a light armoured personnel carrier that provides B6 level ballistic protection for up to 6 (4+2) personnel and is a preferred choice of bulletproof vehicle for Force One of Mumbai Police, Delhi Police, Jammu and Kashmir Police, Kolkata Police and CISF, who has deployed the vehicle at various airports across India.  

Two Miami-bound women offered free vodka shots to passengers standing in a queue at the airport after they were stopped from taking them inside at the time of check-in.

With less than a month to go for Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Friday issued fresh instructions to strengthen security measures across all airports to curb the movement of unauthorized arms, contraband goods, cash or bullion.

The security plan - with high-end technology - has already been put in motion at Allahabad, in anticipation of the Kumbh Mela and at Hoobly railway station in Karnataka.

The CISF has said that 140 such incidents had been recorded in 2018 while 111 cases were registered in 2017.

The next time you are at an airport in the country, you might notice a change in the way the CISF personnel welcome you.

By the end of March, CISF personnel at 59 airports across the country are expected to have miniature cameras fitted on their uniforms, quietly keeping a tab on all that happens around them.

The security lead, second lead and skipper have been derostered till IndiGo completes an internal inquiry into the matter.

Prime Minister expressed happiness over a survey which said an overwhelming 81.72 percent of the flyers at India's several airports graded the performance of CISF personnel as "excellent".

Outrage spread to Vietnam on Wednesday over United Airlines` handling of a passenger dragged from his seat after it emerged that the 69-year-old U.S. doctor was Vietnamese by birth.

The IS and al Qaeda terror groups, developing a bomb small enough to fit in a laptop that could get past airport scanners, may have prompted the US and the UK to ban air travellers from eight Muslim-majority nations from carrying large electronic devices onboard, media reports have said.