AVIATION SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AT HSIA IN SIGHT AS BANGLADESH BATTLES CARGO BANS
September 1st, 2017
BANGLADESH has ramped up investments in high-tech equipment to bolster security at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), in its capital Dhaka, but sustaining mechanical and procedural improvements remains an ongoing challenge.
The spending has followed a string of bans on cargo flights out of the country’s main gateway over security concerns, with the European Union (EU) becoming the latest to enforce such restrictions on June 1, (2017).
Explosive detection systems, including explosive trace detectors, explosive detector dog squads, dual view ...
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