Summary

SECURITY LAPSES AT NORTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEES ENTRANCES AT MPLS-ST PAUL INTL AIRPORT. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES ENTER AFTER GATE OPENED W/ ONE BADGE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 217123
Story Slug MSP Security Lapses
Location Mpls-St Paul Intl
Format PKG
Date 11/2/2001
Archive Time 50:54
TRT 1:35
Supers Mpls-St Paul Intl Airport Rep Jim Ramstad, R-MN. Bob McNaney, Reporting
Video Description WOMAN GOING THROUGH GATE, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH SECURITY GATE, LINE OF GUYS GOING THROUGH GATE, RAMSTAD SOT, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH GATE 242, MAN SHOWING BADGE, CHECKING BAGS, GATE LEFT OPEN
Description SECURITY LAPSES AT NORTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEES ENTRANCES AT MPLS-ST PAUL INTL AIRPORT. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES ENTER AFTER GATE OPENED W/ ONE BADGE.
Script AIRPORT SECURITY HAS BEEN EXTRA TIGHT, ALL OVER THE WORLD, SINCE SEPTEMBER 11TH AND THAT INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES' MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECENTLY, AN INVESTIGATION BY KSTP-TV UNCOVERS WHAT SOME AIRLINE EMPLOYEES BELIEVE IS A HOLE IN AIRPORT SECURITY IN THE TWIN CITIES.. *PASSENGERS* ARE NOW GETTING CHECKED OFTEN, KSTP RECEIVED CALLS FROM AIRLINE EMPLOYEES WHO SAY SECURITY ON *THE WORKERS THEMSELVES* IS LAX. BOB MCNANEY HAS THE STORY.. (TAKE PKG) (PKG SCRIPT) HUNDREDS OF NORTHWEST EMPLOYEES PASS THROUGH THIS GATE EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PLANES AND THE TERMINALS. SOME ARE CAREFUL AND PASS THROUGH ONE AT A TIME. BUT OTHERS DO WHAT'S CALLED "PIGGY-BACKING". ONE PERSON USES A CARD KEY..... WHILE ONE, TWO, EVEN SIX PEOPLE FOLLOW THRU THE GATE INTO A SECURED AREA. A SECURITY BREACH? NOT ACCORDING TO THE FAA. THE F.A.A. SAYS THE GATE IS TOO FAR FROM THE MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING TO POSE A REAL THREAT. WE SHOWED OUR TAPE TO CONGRESSMAN JIM RAMSTAD. RAMSTAD SENT A LETTER TO F.A.A. OFFICIALS ASKING THEM TO REVIEW SECURITY AT GATE 242. HE SAYS THE DISTANCE ARGUMENT MAKES NO SENSE. HERE'S HOW SECURITY IS DONE AT THE NEXT NEAREST GATE, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS AWAY.. EMPLOYEES NOT ONLY SHOW THEIR BADGES TO A GUARD, BUT SOME EVEN HAVE THEIR BAGS CHECKED. QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM NEARBY GATE 242, WHERE NOT ONLY DO EMPLOYEES PIGGY BACK, THIS NORTHWEST EMPLOYEE LEFT THE GATE OPEN. AGAIN A GATE WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO THE AIRFIELD. BOB MCNANEY EYEWITNESS NEWS. TAG: SINCE KSTP-TV AIRED THIS STORY THURSDAY NIGHT, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, TODAY PADLOCKED THAT GATE WHERE THE SECURITY LAPSE OCCURRED. RECAP
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