Travel Security Update.Jun 25, 2007 Sardinian Air Traffic Halted Over Bomb Scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm . Italian authorities halted air traffic over the island of Sardinia for half an hour on Tuesday after receiving a false tip about a bomb on board an arriving domestic flight. Airport authorities An airport authority is an independent entity charged with the operation and oversight of an airport (or group of airports). These authorities are often governed by a group of airport commissioners, who are appointed to lead the authority by a government official. allowed the plane with more than 60 passengers on board to land as planned in the city of Olbia, following its short flight from Florence. After passengers left the aircraft it was inspected in a separate, more remote area of the airport. No bomb was found, Italy's civil aviation authority Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt said. Jun 20, 2007 Canada introduced a no-fly list to ground air passengers "who may pose an immediate threat to aviation security" and tried to play down concerns that the list could be abused. Airlines will be obliged to check the names of passengers aged 12 or over against the list, which was compiled using information from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police, constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. as well as Canada's counter-intelligence agency. Jun 18, 2007 Airbus Parker Hannifin Parker Hannifin Corporation (originally Parker Appliance Company) NYSE: PH, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a manufacturer of motion and control technologies. Founded in 1924, the company has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964. Corporation, a major turnkey supplier to the world's aerospace industry, has won a contract with Airbus to provided video monitoring equipment for the new A380 super jumbo. Controlled by a panel duplicated for both the cockpit crew and cabin services manager, up to 100 cameras will be positioned on the aircraft enabling a very high degree of passenger monitoring. The system allows for the images to be shared on an IFE Ife (ē`fā), city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). (In Flight Entertainment) system and also on the ground via a SATCOM (SATellite COMmunication) Refers to the field of communications via satellite. link. Jun 20, 2007 Onur Air Woman Delays Turkish Plane With Fake Bomb Warning. A woman falsely claimed there was a bomb on board a Turkish airliner on Wednesday to try to delay the flight so her husband could catch it, Turkey's Onur Air said on Wednesday. Both of them were arrested. Airline staff found out the bomb warning was a hoax Hoax Balloon Hoax, The news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe] Piltdown man missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist. in time to stop the plane from making an emergency landing in Ankara and it was able to continue to Istanbul as planned from the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the airline said. Ankara is about halfway between Diyarbakir and Istanbul. Bomb warnings and plane hijackings are far from unknown in Turkey, where a number of radical groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to far-left militants operate. Jun 20, 2007 Parker Hannifin, Airbus Parker Hannifin Corporation, a major turnkey supplier to the world's aerospace industry, has won a contract with Airbus to provided video monitoring equipment for the new A380 superjumbo. Controlled by a panel duplicated for both the cockpit crew and cabin services manager, up to 100 cameras will be positioned on the aircraft enabling a very high degree of passenger monitoring. The system allows for the images to be shared on an IFE (In Flight Entertainment) system and also on the ground via a SATCOM link. The format does not replace the cockpit security doors and, as well as providing additional protection, it is expected to be of use in monitoring normal cabin service requirements, particularly on as big an aircraft as the double deck Airbus. The cameras are rotatable and can zoom into a particular seat, or just monitor a specific area. They are designed for easy snap-in installation into cabin bulkheads and galley walls. Cargo areas can also be monitored. Low light sensitivity and an optional audio is available. Mr Bloomfield confirmed that presently two airlines were taking the Parker product, known as A380 CVMS CVMS Carmel Valley Middle School (San Diego, CA) CVMS Canyon Vista Middle School (Austin, TX, USA) CVMS Creek Valley Middle School CVMS Combat Vehicle Marking System (Cabin Video Monitoring System) but refused to expand. Cost is said to be "less than $100,000 per aircraft." Parker is currently focusing on the A380 as it prepares for airline introduction. The company says it is not interested in retrofitting the system on to existing aircraft but hopes to offer it as a built option on other Airbus models. Jun 20, 2007 Unisys Unisys launched Registered Traveler The Registered Traveler Pilot Program is an airline passenger security assessment system that was tested in the United States air travel industry in 2005. 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