Ken Dunlap, IATA
Geneva's Cointrin airport, 15 December 2009
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Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The ban on liquids carried onto airplanes could end, but probably not sooner than in two years, says Ken Dunlap, director of security for North America at Iata (International Air Transport Association). Dunlap was talking to journalists in Geneva about industry security plans to return passengers to the more relaxed situation that existed before 2006.
A 2006 terrorist plot targeted 10 international flights, and “the impact on passengers was quick and dramatic,” says Dunlap. “But I don’t think anybody at the time thought these temporary measures would become permanent.”
The key is getting x-ray machines to the point where they will detect liquid explosives.
