Airport scare sparks security overhaul
(First Group)
- What Airports of Thailand Plc or AoT will do?
install
fingerprints
face-recognition equipment
at Suvarnabhumi airport
end of next year for security
- How The airport came under fire from netizens last Friday?
after it was two women were allowed to enter a restricted area
they could meet South Korean actor Lee Jong-suk
- Who security camera footage later confirmed the two women were escorted by?
customs officer
- What happen with subsequent criticism of security standards at the airport?
deputy general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn
deputy general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn
escorted journalists through the same areas the women went
- What Mr Kittipong, the customs officer do?
who escorted the women was in possession of two "Number Six" cards
which are airport passes normally used by
government officials
other airport staff passing between
public
restricted area
- When the incident occurred?
9.10pm on Friday
with
entering Suvarnabhumi’s baggage claim area through
airport pass-holder gate directly next to the Excise Department's audit
law enforcement office, on the second floor
- What Mr Kittipong said?
What we know right now is one card belonged to a female officer, who we saw in the footage, and the other a male officer.
- What Mr Kittipong added?
We must say that the incident has nothing to do with Suvarnabhumi's usual security standards, as it was purely the result of staff misconduct.
- What Airport officials have said?
Investigation could take around 10 days to complete.
- What Mr Kittipong said?
Suvarnabhumi is waiting funding to install fingerprint scanners and display screens which will show employees' faces each time they pass through airport security checkpoints.
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- What Mr Kittipong added?
He said the equipment was due to be installed by 2020. But this could happen sooner in light of the recent events .
- What Mr Kittipong said?
Here are currently "several thousand" Number Six card holders.
- What a similar incident?
occured in May
involved a man entering a restricted area to welcome another passenger
- What AoT said?
The man had acquired the card from one staff member.
- What these passes were?
scrapped in July last year
have since been replaced with cards which have employees' faces printed on them
- What happen with a fan who was waiting for K-Pop star Tiffany Young to arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday?
criticised the two women for breaking the law to meet their idol
- What she was one of around 100 people?
waiting for the star in public areas inside and outside the passenger terminal
- What the 30-year-old, who asked not to be named said?
Some fans go to extremes and may go so far as to travel on the same plane as their idol, and follow them when they get off the plane.