SECURITY

SUBJECT HIGHLIGHTS

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 INTRODUCTION
• Security measures are necessary in order to prevent acts of unlawful interference or other criminal
acts, eliminate possibilities of placing on board weapons or explosive devices and to prevent access
of unauthorized persons to the aircraft.

Security Program and Operation Manual.

• Security is a combination of procedures, human and

material, to protect civil aviation from unlawful acts.

Airline operators must have action plan for:

• Hi-jacking;
• Bomb threat;
• Finding suspicious object.

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 AIRCRAFT SECURITY
• Persons without airport ID must be stopped and turned to airport security.
• Persons without valid reason of being onboard must not be admitted and must be reported.
• Their details must be recorded, and occurrence must be reported to company security.
• Check cabin after disembarkation.
• Do not leave crew baggage unattended.

EXTENDED SECURTY SEARCH - TO ENHANCE CREW

AWARENESS
• Damaged or missing door security seal on one of the main
doors or in case the seal number does not match with the
one attached to the Security Seal Plate,

• After Auditors or other Authority personnel left the aircraft,

• Whenever the Commander deems it necessary.

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SCREENING
• The purpose of screening passengers and their cabin baggage, is to
prevent that prohibited articles be introduced on board an
aircraft and in the Security Restricted Area (SRA).

• Screening applies to everybody.

• All passengers and their hand-luggage are subject to the required security measures, the
implementation of the measure is delegated to airport security.

• In case passenger does not appear at the aircraft for departure, his/her luggage will
be offloaded. Unaccompanied luggage must not be carried.

• Diplomats, other privileged persons, diplomatic and government couriers and diplomatic bags,
which are not exempted from screening.

• Passengers with reduced mobility and special medical needs are subjected to screening
in a similar way as other persons in order to ensure that no weapons or dangerous articles
are on or about the person being screened.

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 FLIGHT DECK ACCESS
SECURITY OF THE FLIGHT DECK

The flight deck door must be closed and locked from the time all external doors are closed following
embarkation of passengers, until any such door is opened for disembarkation of passengers, except when
necessary to permit access by authorized persons (from start until shut off engines).

ACCESS TO FLIGHT DECK ACCORDING TO SECURITY PROGRAM

Access to the flight deck, whilst in flight, is permitted only to authorized personnel. The aircraft
Commander has the discretionary right to refuse access to authorized personnel if he/she believes it is not
in the interest of flight safety. In such instances a report of the occurrence shall be filed.

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 CREW OR AIRPORT ID CARD

• Under no circumstances may crew or airport card lent to an other person.

• ID card must be checked at all times if a person would like to enter the aircraft.
• If a person does not possess ID card, and would like to enter the aircraft,
immediately stop the person and report.
• All personell who works SRA need to hold crew identification card.
• ID card must be clearly visible whenever on duty.
• Any person that contravene law regarding security, must be arrested.
• Valid maximum for 5 years.
• To receive a crew ID or airport ID, employer must make sure that personnel
completed and passed a background check.

All incidents must be reported in order to prevent crime and faulty routines!

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 UNRULY/DISRUPTIVE PASSENGERS
The term unruly or disruptive passenger refers to any passenger who fails to respect the rules of
conduct while on board an aircraft or refuses to follow the instructions of Crew members, thereby
disturbing good order and discipline.

Disruption of the good order of a flight may impact the well-being of passengers, interfere with crew
performance and/or threaten the safety of a flight. When dealing with unruly passenger, cabin crew must
remain calm and polite, and first inform the passenger about possible consquences.
Physical violance of a passenger must always be reported as it will assist the police with further
investigations.

Rights of the Commander

TOKYO CONVENTION
• To protect the safety of the aircraft, or of persons
or property therein
The convention recognizes certain • To maintain good order and discipline on board
powers and immunities of the • To enable him to deliver such person to competent
aircraft Commander who on authorities or to disembark him.
international flights may restrain
any person(s).

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 HIJACKING
Any person who on board an aircraft in flight:

• unlawfully, by force or threat thereof, or by any other form of intimidation, seizes, or exercises to
take control of the aircraft or attempts to perform any such act, or

• is an accomplice of a person who performs or attempts to perform any such act commits an offence.

TYPES OF HIJACKERS
• Terrorists

• Mentally unbalanced

• Refugees

• Criminals

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 CREW ACTIONS

DO NOT

• antagonize or argue with the hijackers, especially not on political matters,

• ‘talk down’ to them or appear to be superior,
• try to disarm the hijacker,
• become mentally aligned with the hijacker,
• refer to insanity or mental disorders,
• offer any technical advice,
• make any move unless the hijacker understand the reasons,
• allow them to enter the flight deck,
• It cannot be emphasized enough how important personal contact is, especially in the
case of a single hijacker.

Only one member of the Crew should have any dealings with him!

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 BOMB THREAT
Bomb threats are normally anonymous telephone calls that may provide information indicating the
intention to commit an act of terrorism, or sabotage, against an aircraft or airport installation.

A threat always must be considered and handled as security threat until it has been analyzed.

BOMB SEARCH OF AN AIRCRAFT ON GROUND

• Disembark all passengers and crew

• Leave it to the proper authorities to search for and remove the bomb;
the ‘Bomb on board search checklist’ shall be handed over to the authorities
for guidance, if required.

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BOMB SEARCH OF AN AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT
• In the event of a threat made in-flight, Two main types of bombs can be
notify the Flight Crew immediately. distinguished:
• Pilots shall land at the nearest suitable
1. Open (obvious) bomb
airport.
2. Concealed bomb

1. OPEN BOMB
• Do not touch or move the object (only on the order of the
Commander)
• Move the passengers away from the object and instruct
them to keep their heads below the top of the seat backs
and fasten seatbelts,
• Portable oxygen bottles, bottles of alcohol and first aid kits
must all be removed from the vicinity. Fire extinguishers
must be readily available.

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BOMB SEARCH OF AN AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT

EOD LRBL
EXPLOSIVE LEAST RISK
ORDNANCE BOMB
DISPOSAL LOCATION
If an immediate landing The LRBL is the place at
cannot be made, use the AFT RIGHT door
expert (call for EOD on where the bomb would
board) advice and consider do the least damage to
moving the device, the aircraft if exploded.
especially if its position
poses a real threat to the
aircraft.
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BOMB SEARCH OF AN AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT

2. CONCEALED BOMB

FLIGHT CABIN
CREW CREW

Flight crew search the

Bomb search checklist.
flight deck. One pilot will
conduct the search while
the other controls the
aircraft.

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 SECURITY TRAINING
ALL PERSONELL WHO WORK IN SECURITY RISK ZONES MUST UNDERGO SECURITY TRAINING

Violating any security law can have very serious consequences (e.g. imprisonment)

THEORETICAL PRACTICAL

Practical security training

is also provided according to
The recurrent security training
OM.
for flight deck crew and cabin
Practical self-defense
crew is annual.
training is provided to cabin
crew during initial training
and during recurrent training

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THREAT LEVELS BY ICAO CLASSIFICATION
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR
(LEVEL 1)
• Disorderly behavior due to alcohol,
drugs etc.;
• Verbal abuses by passenger;
• Delaying flight by refusing to
comply with instructions;
• Smoking;
• Not turning off portable electronic
devices as per instructions.
LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR OR
DISPLAY OF A WEAPON (LEVEL 3)
Examples of weapons include guns, explosives,
knives, chemicals, gases, flammable liquids, wires
or cords (even duct tape or bare hands can be
used as weapons for choking) etc.
Crew shall consider the matter carefully whether a
weapon has been revealed or not when the
behavior of the assailant is life threatening. The
hijack could already have started!
PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR
(LEVEL 2)
• Physical abuse from the assailant, e.g.
grabbing, pushing, slapping, kicking
another passenger or crew;
• Deliberate damage to property e.g.
breaking of seats, destroying panels etc.
ATTEMPTED OR ACTUAL BREACH OF
FLIGHT DECK (LEVEL 4)
This is the most serious threat that is mitigated
through the flight deck lockdown policy. However,
hijackers could use physical force and violence in the
cabin in order to gain access to the flight deck.
Following information shall be passed to the fight
crew by the cabin crew in case of existing threat in
the cabin:
Nature of the threat and the level it could be
classified;
The number of assailants and their locations in the
cabin;
Physical description of assailant(s);
If any weapon discovered, the type and number of
the weapons.
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