Transportation Ministry Admits No Security Checks on Foreign Pilots
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
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- Ministry of Transportation does not vet foreign pilots' security backgrounds.
- Reliance is placed on airlines and foreign authorities for vetting.
- Current procedures do not account for pilot-terrorist scenarios.
- The Security Department is not an intelligence agency.
Tamir Uri from the Ministry of Transportation's Security Department stated on Saturday that the ministry does not conduct security background checks on foreign pilots. "I operate through the airline, which is what the law allows us," Uri explained. He clarified that the ministry's Security Department is not an intelligence agency and does not vet foreign crew members, as they deal with hundreds of airlines and rely on the relevant authorities in the country of origin. "The Security Department is not the Shin Bet; we rely on the airline and the authorized authority in that country of origin," he added. The article implies that current security procedures do not account for the possibility of a pilot acting as a terrorist.
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