BALI - Angkasa Pura Airports in cooperation with the Directorate General of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) held "Training Aviation Security Screener for Female", held at Novotel Bali Airport, Badung, Bali, Thursday to Friday, 24-25 August 2017.
The training was held to increase awareness and thoroughness in identifying terror acts at airports. For two days, 30 female aviation security (avsec) personnel from 13 branches of Angkasa Pura I airport were trained to identify terrorists, especially suicide terror acts that could threaten the security and safety of aviation.
"The training is aimed at aviation security personnel (avsec) of women to apply effectiveness in the process of inspection or screening passengers optimally. Also how to overcome and thwart suicide bomb attacks. Given the last few years there have been several terror acts at the airport. Therefore, it is very important for us as airport managers to keep on improving the capability, renewal and updating of the ever-expanding technology," said by Angkasa Pura Airports President Director Danang S. Baskoro.
"We strongly support this training and hope to absorb the knowledge and experience of TSA," added by General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali Airport, Yanus Suprayogi.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a United States government agency responsible for aviation security issues. In 2005, TSA had conducted a security assessment at Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali, and in 2007 the airport was declared 'comply' or fulfilled all required safety aspects.
Thus, until now I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali Airport has become the only airport in Indonesia which has been secured by the two leading security institutions overseas, namely Transportation Security Administration (TSA) United States and and Office of Transport Security ( OTS) Australia.
This is in line with the instruction of the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Budi Karya Sumadi who requested that airport operators to always prioritize the safety and security of aviation. "I ask airport operators to prioritize safety and security, because if safety and security problems in the air is fatal," said by Minister of Transportation. [AH]
