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1985
1985 - 2297.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT Athens X-ray is OK ATHENS It is impossible for hijackers to foil airport X-ray security equipment by wrapping their handguns in glassfibre. This was proved at a demonstra tion and seminar on aviation security held by UK security equipment manufacturer IAL on July 11. Using equipment similar to the Belgian Balteau and German Heimann units at Athens airport—where the hijackers of TWA flight 847 claim to have used glassfibre to foil scanners—a series of tests showed a firm X-ray image of a revolver encased in glassfibre several inches thick. Aluminium and thin strips of lead could also be penetrated. Fred Dory, ex-chief of security at London/Heathrow Airport, says the only way the hijackers could have beaten the scanning machines was to encase the guns in thick lead, in which case the operator's suspicions would have been aroused, or if the guards in front of the monitor had become fatigued. Operators should stay no longer than 20min in front of the monitors, says Dory. The evidence now points to Cairo as a possible source of the weapons, as Greek offi cials have claimed all along, or to a source with airside access to Athens Airport. USA outlaws retirement rule WASHINGTON D.C. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that airlines may not force flight engineers to retire at age 60, reports Bob Burkhardt. In a unanimous decision the court upheld lower court rulings that the age 60 retire ment rule for flight engineers at Western Airlines was illegal. The decision could allow flight engineers already dismissed by US airlines to sue their former employers. FLIGHT International, 27 July 1985 mm mm msm •m****** *M££*H! '£$0; IgSS'i tsSHllw HBSBPWT'-"''- '3&&tt!j$§OT IMB ••*--4JM Wmik$M%MMmi JB&MP* •.•;.-.-': ^, && iwm ;*&^ gm 'AmnHnHKiit Airbus grows Airbus's business is expanding both in terms of products and customers. Above, Airbus Industrie's extended-range A310, the A310-300, first flew on July 8. Middle, Lufthansa has ordered 15 A320s and taken options on a further 25. First deliveries are planned for 1989. Bottom, China's airline, CAAC, received the first two of three A310-200s in June. The aircraft are the first widebody twins to be operated in the People's Republic.
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