Terror Scare: NCAA Boss Blames Schiphol Airport For Security Breach
December 28, 2009 13:48 (4 hours ago), 253 views
By Simon Ateba



The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, has exonerated Nigeria and blamed the authorities at Schiphol international airport in Amsterdam for security breaches that allowed a Nigerian, Mr. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to board a U.S. plane with explosive devices.

The 23-year old Nigerian, who is the son of the former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Mutallab, was arrested by the American authorities after he tried to set off an incendiary device on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit as it prepared for landing on Christmas Day.

According to Demuren, who spoke to our correspondent on telephone yesterday, Nigeria cannot be blamed as the suspect went through all the security checks at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, before he was allowed into the plane. Nothing dangerous was found in his possession, he said.

Demuren disclosed that such sophisticated devices could only be detected if carried in a bag and not worn on the body.

“If you put it in the bag, it can be detected but if a person wears it on his body, there is no way you can detect it,” he said.

NCAA Boss suggested that the suspected terrorist might have been given the devices at Schiphol airport and not in Nigeria, adding that Nigerian airports are safe and secure.

He said: “We are the third world and they are the first world, why was the device not detected in Amsterdam? Why was the suspect not caught over there? The suspect went through the same security checks in Amsterdam that he did in Lagos, why didn’t they see it? “He went through all our security checks here before he was allowed into the plane. Our airports are safe. We carry about 8 million passengers every year and there has never been any cause for alarm. There is no indictment on our system whatsoever.”

Mutallab was a transit passenger at Schiphol airport and did not need to go through the same rigorous security checks at that airport unless he exited the waiting room.

But Demuren said that the Schiphol airport after which the Murtala Muhammed International Airport was designed, does not allow transit passengers to go directly into the plane without similar rigorous checks. That information could not be confirmed at press time.

“That is how the airport is designed,” Demuren said.

On Sunday, another Nigerian flying the same Northwest route triggered alarm when he spent about an hour in the bathroom. Fearing another would-be suicide bomber, Northwest alerted authorities.

Law enforcement rushed to the scene, sirens blaring. The FBI determined that the young man was sick, not a terrorist, an FBI official said in Washington. President Obama was briefed on the event.

On Saturday night, FBI and TSA agents were called to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after a passenger on US Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., reported two passengers acting suspiciously. The plane was searched, as were the men’s belongings. The men, described as Middle Eastern, were questioned and released.

Already, security has been beefed up at various airports across the world. These include further limits on carry-on luggage; more searches, including pat-downs; and requiring passengers to stay in their seats for the last hour of their flights.


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selingel:




Mutallab was a transit passenger at Schiphol airport and did not need to go through the same rigorous security checks at that airport unless he exited the waiting room.

But Demuren said that the Schiphol airport after which the Murtala Muhammed International Airport was designed, does not allow transit passengers to go directly into the plane without similar rigorous checks. That information could not be confirmed at press time.

“That is how the airport is designed,” Demuren said.



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Nigerians will always look for excuses to exonerate themselves, from lapses noticed on their side. What if transit passengers does not go through that process as someone just told me at Amsterdam? what happens?

But Demuren said that the Schiphol airport after which the Murtala Muhammed International Airport was designed, does not allow transit passengers to go directly into the plane without similar rigorous checks. That information could not be confirmed at press time.

“That is how the airport is designed,” Demuren said

very true unless they make exceptions for certain people or have some shady business going on

tpia.:




very true unless they make exceptions for certain people or have some shady business going on

Does that mean the guy did not carry the bomb from Nigeria, even with all these Boko Haram guys, and local Taliban around us?

Otobroto:


Does that mean the guy did not carry the bomb from Nigeria, even with all these Boko Haram guys, and local Taliban around us?

no one knows where he got his explosive device- he also went to Ghana btw. Not saying he didnt carry it from Nigeria though.

However, airport security is supposed to be designed to prevent and catch such things.

besides, the way the news was going on and on about his nationality was just plain disgusting.

selingel:

Terror Scare: NCAA Boss Blames Schiphol Airport For Security Breach
December 28, 2009 13:48 (4 hours ago), 253 views
By Simon Ateba



Demuren disclosed that such sophisticated devices could only be detected if carried in a bag and not worn on the body.

“If you put it in the bag, it can be detected but if a person wears it on his body, there is no way you can detect it,” he said.

http://thepmnews.com/2009/12/28/terror-scare-ncaa-boss-blames-schiphol-airport-for-security-breach

This one dey absolve himself of blame on one hand and dey use rope tie him neck with the other hand. see logic

selingel:

Terror Scare: NCAA Boss Blames Schiphol Airport For Security Breach
December 28, 2009 13:48 (4 hours ago), 253 views
By Simon Ateba



The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, has exonerated Nigeria and blamed the authorities at Schiphol international airport in Amsterdam for security breaches that allowed a Nigerian, Mr. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to board a U.S. plane with explosive devices.

The 23-year old Nigerian, who is the son of the former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Mutallab, was arrested by the American authorities after he tried to set off an incendiary device on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit as it prepared for landing on Christmas Day.

According to Demuren, who spoke to our correspondent on telephone yesterday, Nigeria cannot be blamed as the suspect went through all the security checks at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, before he was allowed into the plane. Nothing dangerous was found in his possession, he said.

Demuren disclosed that such sophisticated devices could only be detected if carried in a bag and not worn on the body.

“If you put it in the bag, it can be detected but if a person wears it on his body, there is no way you can detect it,” he said.

NCAA Boss suggested that the suspected terrorist might have been given the devices at Schiphol airport and not in Nigeria, adding that Nigerian airports are safe and secure.

He said: “We are the third world and they are the first world, why was the device not detected in Amsterdam? Why was the suspect not caught over there? The suspect went through the same security checks in Amsterdam that he did in Lagos, why didn’t they see it? “He went through all our security checks here before he was allowed into the plane. Our airports are safe. We carry about 8 million passengers every year and there has never been any cause for alarm. There is no indictment on our system whatsoever.”

Mutallab was a transit passenger at Schiphol airport and did not need to go through the same rigorous security checks at that airport unless he exited the waiting room.

But Demuren said that the Schiphol airport after which the Murtala Muhammed International Airport was designed, does not allow transit passengers to go directly into the plane without similar rigorous checks. That information could not be confirmed at press time.

“That is how the airport is designed,” Demuren said.

On Sunday, another Nigerian flying the same Northwest route triggered alarm when he spent about an hour in the bathroom. Fearing another would-be suicide bomber, Northwest alerted authorities.

Law enforcement rushed to the scene, sirens blaring. The FBI determined that the young man was sick, not a terrorist, an FBI official said in Washington. President Obama was briefed on the event.

On Saturday night, FBI and TSA agents were called to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after a passenger on US Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., reported two passengers acting suspiciously. The plane was searched, as were the men’s belongings. The men, described as Middle Eastern, were questioned and released.

Already, security has been beefed up at various airports across the world. These include further limits on carry-on luggage; more searches, including pat-downs; and requiring passengers to stay in their seats for the last hour of their flights.


http://thepmnews.com/2009/12/28/terror-scare-ncaa-boss-blames-schiphol-airport-for-security-breach

Well said

tpia.:

no one knows where he got his explosive device- he also went to Ghana btw. Not saying he didnt carry it from Nigeria though.

However, airport security is supposed to be designed to prevent and catch such things.

besides, the way the news was going on and on about his nationality was just plain disgusting.

I know that any news about Nigeria is good news in Journalism. Something tells me, he never carried that explosive from here, but his nationality disturbs me most.

It is good to be patriotic, but it is foolishness not to accept fault.

Otobroto:

I know that any news about Nigeria is good news in Journalism. Something tells me, he never carried that explosive from here, but his nationality disturbs me most.

It is not all about carrying the bomb, but it is all about this useless religion called Islam, which encourages radicalism and terrorism. Who will lose now, is it the Nigerian Christian or Muslim (especially those with Islamic names) at various country's Embassies? How can a man tell another to go and die for his so-called Allah? If his Allah was god, why wouldn't he fight for himself. Is the god an amputee?

Enjoyment1:

It is good to be patriotic, but it is foolishness not to accept fault.

Well said. I hope is for NCAA Boss?

Oboma1:


Well said. I hope is for NCAA Boss?

The only thing here is that, all the airports the guy passed through should share the blame. I see no reason Amsterdam shouldn't have caught this guy if he went through a fresh search as claimed by NCAA Boss.