Airline Security in Colombia

Latin American airports increased security on Thursday after the British authorities announced they had foiled a plot to attack aircraft heading for the United States from London's Heathrow Airport.

In Colombia, the national airline, Avianca, said it had boosted hand luggage checks, but had not changed its flight plan.

http://english.people.com.cn/200608/11/eng20060811_292162.html

By elk on Aug 11, 2006, 07:17 in Friendly Talkzone.

famsearch says on Aug 11, 2006, 08:49:

having gone through airport security(mde) on 2 trips in my lifetime, the only way they can boost security, is to point thier m-16s at you while they check your carry-on bag. they don't screw around...
dan

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lpdiver says on Aug 11, 2006, 11:42:

I agree... They have been dealing with this "terrorist" crap for a long time. They have had game for decades.

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"cook some rice!"

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griffbos says on Aug 12, 2006, 16:27:

Beefed it up how I have flow in and out of Medellin on Avianca twice this year ( january was my first trip and just got back from my second, they put security to shame here in the USA having worked for TSA I can tell you most whinning USA citizens wouldn't fly if they had to deal with the what it takes to fly out of Medellin, they fact is TSA does just enough to make the people of the USA think it is safe to fly which fails to stop guns and knives from getting on aircrafts here. hell when I was working for then they had a 60 year old women from down south fly into boston with a live grenade, she has been thru three airports with it before she was caught in Boston.

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David in Idaho says on Aug 12, 2006, 16:45:

I travel with live grenades all the time. So does my grandma.

So was this lady trying to make a point?

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utopiacowboy says on Aug 12, 2006, 17:27:

Very strange thread. Has the OP ever gone through Colombia flight security? Anything in the US pales by comparison. I once got off a flight from San Andres to Bogota and thought that I had time to make my flight to Miami because there was still an hour to go. The guy said, No sir you've missed your flight. How could that be, I thought, I still have an hour. When I left the next day I understood - it took two hours to go through all the layers of screening.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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famsearch says on Aug 12, 2006, 21:27:

that isn't so bad. due to my getting her ticket in her married name, sis in law had to have her passport changed. they added the change to her existing passport. still, the names on the ticket and passport didn't match. did anyone notice? nope, not until we entered medellin, and when we were leaving medellin. only time noticed here, was when we got to our home airport, but not even when we entered the country. hopefully things have gotten better...
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