Dubai police, airport securities service, urged Wednesday passengers using Dubai international airport to take care of their baggage and cooperate with concerned parties to prevent security alerts and lost 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 Dubai International Airport were lately tightened and beefed up with all passengers, who are requested not to carry any sharp objects in their hand baggage, following the 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 are not allowed to be carried on flight and will 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, assured 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 proepering country, which serves as an economic and tourist hub in the region. The authroties are toiling to preserve them – Albawaba.com
