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US insists on full screening of air cargo inbound from Turkey
AIR cargo entering the United States from Turkey must now undergo full screening, the Transportation Security Administration has announced.
New directives require "the screening of airborne shipments to the United States and securing them in accordance with the pre-shipment inspection programme".
"To adequately address emerging threats to cargo and raise the baseline for global aviation security, TSA has issued a security directive and an emergency amendment for enhanced security screening of cargo," said agency spokesman James Gregory.
The new mandate follows a foiled terror plot in Australia, which revealed a senior ISIS commander had shipped partially assembled components of a bomb on a commercial cargo plane from Turkey to Australia, according to police.
"The incident in Australia just a few short weeks ago was an ominous reminder for TSA and all of our aviation partners, to include cargo carriers, that we need to continue our efforts to keep our skies secure," said Mr Gregory.
The TSA said the world needs to "raise the baseline on global aviation security and implement these measures to effectively protect the public."
CNN reported last month that the TSA was reviewing its screening procedures for cargo flown into and within the United States because of concerns that potential security vulnerabilities could be exploited by terrorists.
New directives require "the screening of airborne shipments to the United States and securing them in accordance with the pre-shipment inspection programme".
"To adequately address emerging threats to cargo and raise the baseline for global aviation security, TSA has issued a security directive and an emergency amendment for enhanced security screening of cargo," said agency spokesman James Gregory.
The new mandate follows a foiled terror plot in Australia, which revealed a senior ISIS commander had shipped partially assembled components of a bomb on a commercial cargo plane from Turkey to Australia, according to police.
"The incident in Australia just a few short weeks ago was an ominous reminder for TSA and all of our aviation partners, to include cargo carriers, that we need to continue our efforts to keep our skies secure," said Mr Gregory.
The TSA said the world needs to "raise the baseline on global aviation security and implement these measures to effectively protect the public."
CNN reported last month that the TSA was reviewing its screening procedures for cargo flown into and within the United States because of concerns that potential security vulnerabilities could be exploited by terrorists.
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