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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by onlyairfare
The TSA people doing the random gate inspection said that it was a requirement of the Israeli government, not a TSA operation. Gate inspection did not occur on the return TLV-ATL flight. What gives?
Flights headed to TLV are subject to additional screening at the gate. It happens on the CO flights from EWR, too. They don't happen at TLV because the Israelis consider the entire air-side part of the airport secure, unlike the gate areas in the USA.
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