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Jan 14, 2011 (newstodate): Copenhagen Airport is to implement a new CCTV system to monitor secure cargo transfer between cargo terminals and aircraft parking stands.
The earlier decision from summer 2010, reached after a prolonged discussion among the parties involved, to go for a low-tech and inexpensive alternative in the form of net-covered cargo vehicles has thus been overturned.
-Airlines and handling companies at the airport eventually decided in favor of the CCTV solution that is, however, very expensive and will require approval by the civil aviation authority. This really came as a surprise, says Johnnie Muller, Copenhagen Airport head of security.
-The parties have also not yet decided on the sharing of costs, which will require a solution, too, before the system can be established.
-In any case, the CCTV solution cannot be in place before spring, at the earliest, says Mr Muller.
The security problems derive from the airport's division of the airside areas into a "soft" and a "hard" security zone with a guarded checkpoint between them, but without surveillance over cargo transportation from cargo terminals to the "hard" security zone around the aircraft parking stands.
The earlier decision from summer 2010, reached after a prolonged discussion among the parties involved, to go for a low-tech and inexpensive alternative in the form of net-covered cargo vehicles has thus been overturned.
-Airlines and handling companies at the airport eventually decided in favor of the CCTV solution that is, however, very expensive and will require approval by the civil aviation authority. This really came as a surprise, says Johnnie Muller, Copenhagen Airport head of security.
-The parties have also not yet decided on the sharing of costs, which will require a solution, too, before the system can be established.
-In any case, the CCTV solution cannot be in place before spring, at the earliest, says Mr Muller.
The security problems derive from the airport's division of the airside areas into a "soft" and a "hard" security zone with a guarded checkpoint between them, but without surveillance over cargo transportation from cargo terminals to the "hard" security zone around the aircraft parking stands.