In 2004, 2005, there were armed officers near each entrance to the airport. You had to bring your bag over to them. They used a "sniffer" to see if there was anything naughty in you baggage. They'd push down on the top of the suitcase to get a whiff test. Seems like they disappeared again in 2006.Steve1960 wrote:A related question which has puzzled me. If since 9/11 there have been more armed patrols in the airport why is it still possible to enter the airport and have no security check until arriving at the departure gate?
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Interesting approach given how close a suicide bomber could get to a plane on Changi. Thanks for the insightzzm9980 wrote:Security checks are bottle necks. Bottle-necks with lots of people milling about are obvious attack targets. The closer it is to the front of the airport/entry, the easier it is for a suicide bomber to walk right up and kill hundreds queued up at this bottle neck. Singapore's design of moving the gates farther back is a mitigation to this threat.Steve1960 wrote:A related question which has puzzled me. If since 9/11 there have been more armed patrols in the airport why is it still possible to enter the airport and have no security check until arriving at the departure gate?

There are layers of security you just don't see. When you walk through ICA checkpoint, you don't think every person is scrutinized on camera? If someone was going to sneak contraband onto a plane, it probably wouldn't be through the front door of the airport anyway.Steve1960 wrote:Interesting approach given how close a suicide bomber could get to a plane on Changi. Thanks for the insightzzm9980 wrote:Security checks are bottle necks. Bottle-necks with lots of people milling about are obvious attack targets. The closer it is to the front of the airport/entry, the easier it is for a suicide bomber to walk right up and kill hundreds queued up at this bottle neck. Singapore's design of moving the gates farther back is a mitigation to this threat.Steve1960 wrote:A related question which has puzzled me. If since 9/11 there have been more armed patrols in the airport why is it still possible to enter the airport and have no security check until arriving at the departure gate?
No I was considering airport security not aircraft security. In Manila all bags are screened at the entrance to the airport, in Heathrow hand luggage is screened at the security checkpoint inside the airport but before immigration. In Changi hand luggage is generally not screened until arrival at the departure gate. I am just musing over the differences in approach and why they exist.zzm9980 wrote:There are layers of security you just don't see. When you walk through ICA checkpoint, you don't think every person is scrutinized on camera? If someone was going to sneak contraband onto a plane, it probably wouldn't be through the front door of the airport anyway.Steve1960 wrote:Interesting approach given how close a suicide bomber could get to a plane on Changi. Thanks for the insightzzm9980 wrote: Security checks are bottle necks. Bottle-necks with lots of people milling about are obvious attack targets. The closer it is to the front of the airport/entry, the easier it is for a suicide bomber to walk right up and kill hundreds queued up at this bottle neck. Singapore's design of moving the gates farther back is a mitigation to this threat.
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