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| Rogue luggage raises terror fears |
| 2005-05-23 |
| Just a snip: The Department of Transport, which regulates the industry, said the major reason for bags and their owners being separated is because of the industry's efforts to keep connection times at airports to a minimum. A spokesman added: "Since Lockerbie, an airline must know the status of each bag it carries, whether accompanied or unaccompanied. Unaccompanied bags go through additional screening and we don't believe they present an additional security risk." But Dr Jim Swire, the Lockerbie campaigner who lost his daughter Flora in the bombing, said: "I'm afraid I see the same complacency that was evident in the 1980s. Every time an unaccompanied bag travels on an airline, it illustrates that the international standard is a smokescreen to reassure the public and underlines the fact that airlines put profits before safety and that governments allow them to do that." |
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