Terminal dump at STN due to arriving international passengers mixing
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Of course, ALL security procedures are baffling and ineffective, but I have always thought that the idea of getting screened at an airport I have just arrived in by air to be the absolute pinnacle of ridiculousness. Sorry, everyone, but it seems to be the norm worldwide, and not limited to Anglo countries or something.
What makes a security "expert" believe that someone might have smuggled a bomb or a weapon or a bottle of water or something on a flight TO LCY or AMS or FRA or Syracuse for that matter, but would not have used it because they had a plot to use it on the connecting flight instead? What would be the purpose in that? Mileage run before they get their 40 virgins?
What makes a security "expert" believe that someone might have smuggled a bomb or a weapon or a bottle of water or something on a flight TO LCY or AMS or FRA or Syracuse for that matter, but would not have used it because they had a plot to use it on the connecting flight instead? What would be the purpose in that? Mileage run before they get their 40 virgins?
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Well, no. Any country with common sense would evaluate the risk on the spot and act accordingly. The point is that the UK and US have given away common sense for the most part. If there was an identified risk you might do a terminal dump. Or you might track the movements through the airport of the identified risk and simply follow up individually with them and anyone they appear to interact with. Or you might do gate checks for the next two hours. Or six hours. Or whatever. Or you might do nothing because you assess there is no increased risk. All sorts of things you might do.
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The only rational conclusion is that the threat itself doesn't really exist in any meaningful sense.
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We'd love to get rid of the shoe carnival, but we'd also need to get rid of flights to the USA
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The shoe carnival doesn't exist at all other airports with flights to the USA. Apparently it is possible to have international flights to the USA without the local authorities' security screeners (contracted or otherwise hired by airport/government) having a shoe carnival. That said, it's more complicated when it comes to airports with US CBP Preclearance facilities.
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The shoe carnival doesn't exist at all other airports with flights to the USA. Apparently it is possible to have international flights to the USA without the local authorities' security screeners (contracted or otherwise hired by airport/government) having a shoe carnival. That said, it's more complicated when it comes to airports with US CBP Preclearance facilities.
Postcleared pax need to be rescreened by the TSA before flying on elsewhere.
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There was a terminal dump yesterday at Stansted Airport after passengers arriving from LIS on Ryanair (believe it was FR1887) were routed through the wrong door and into the departures hall instead of arrivals. The UK being the only EU country which does not trust other EU countries' screening standards, it was determined that all passengers in the terminal had now had the opportunity to interact with "non-sterile" passengers and would need to be rescreened, causing delays of up to 2 hours.
An investigation is in progress as to who was responsible for the wrong door being opened.
An investigation is in progress as to who was responsible for the wrong door being opened.
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No. They were routed from the plane into the departures hall, through the door that the departing passengers would have gone out to the plane. They had not had access to checked bags. (Ryanair does not use jetbridges.)