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Driveways to Cairo Airport to Be Equipped With X-ray Devices to Detect Bombs

© AFP 2023 / THOMAS SAMSONThis picture taken on May 19, 2016, shows an Egyptair Airbus A330 from Cairo taxiing at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport near Paris after its landing a few hours after the MS804 Egyptair flight crashed into the Mediterranean
This picture taken on May 19, 2016, shows an Egyptair Airbus A330 from Cairo taxiing at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport near Paris after its landing a few hours after the MS804 Egyptair flight crashed into the Mediterranean - Sputnik International
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Egyptian aviation authorities have ordered to equip the driveways to the Cairo International Airport with X-ray devices for detecting explosives, local media reported Sunday.

An EgyptAir plane lands at Cairo Airport in Egypt May 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
Russian Experts Complete Security Checks of Cairo Airport
CAIRO (Sputnik) — According to Al-Ahram newspaper, the devices will be installed at the two main driveways within two months.

In late July, a delegation of Russian experts on aviation security completed security checks of the second terminal of the Cairo airport. Local media then reported, citing its sources, that Russian experts approved security measures at the airport.

The experts examined one of the gates at the Cairo International Airport Terminal 2, which would be used for the boarding of Aeroflot passengers after flights are resumed. They also examined the measures taken by Egypt to ensure the security of passengers, luggage and airport personnel entering staff-only areas, as well as the cargo zone, video surveillance system and the recently installed biometric equipment for scanning staff entering the building.

In November 2015, Moscow suspended flights between Russia and Egypt after a Russian passenger plane crashed over the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. Russia subsequently qualified the incident as a terrorist act. Work to determine the causes of the crash is still underway. Following the crash, Russia suggested that Egypt should increase security measures and sign a joint Egypt-Russia aviation security protocol.

Egypt undertook massive security upgrades in its airports after the incident in an effort to comply with Russian demands and resume air traffic.

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