Dubai police and airport security services on Wednesday urged passengers using Dubai international airport to take care of their baggage and cooperate with concerned parties to prevent security alerts and avoid losing luggage, reports said.
The call for travellers, especially transit passengers, to be more alert and not leave luggage unattended was made following the fourth meeting of the Police Council for Airport Services, said the Gulf News.
Col Pilot Ahmed Mohammed Bin Thani, deputy director of the General Department for Airport Affairs, was quoted by the daily as saying that the council was achieving its objectives of developing performance and monitoring and finding solutions to obstacles, in cooperation with other authorities which provide services at the airport.
Safety measures at the Dubai airport were lately tightened. All passengers have been requested not to carry any sharp objects in their hand baggage, following the terrorist attacks that slammed the US earlier this month.
An official statement said items such as nail files, scissors of any size, pocket knives, items with sharp edges, toy guns, cutlery and any other sharp items were not allowed to be carried on flights and would be confiscated by the airport security if found in hand baggage.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, has reassured customers many times that "passenger and airline safety is most important to us.”
Safety of visitors and the country’s security situation in general are assets to the prospering country, which serves as an economic and tourist hub in the region, he added – Albawaba.com
