"Lubbock Int'l Airport Prepares for Heightened Alert"

Friday, February 7, 2003

Lubbock International Airport Prepares for Heightened Alert
Orange Alert Brings Security Changes at LIA
KCBD-TV, TX


Lubbock International Airport will make two big changes that you'll notice.
When you arrive at LIA, right before you enter the shot term parking lot is
where you saw all the vehicle inspections. If you have been at the airport
lately, they quit doing it. But that all will change soon.

"Under threat level yellow, the Department of Homeland Security notified us
when they first put it into place. They started defining threat levels about
a month ago, that the vehicle inspectors would fall under orange. When they
indicated we were under yellow, to discontinue inspections," said LIA
Director, Mark Earle.

Another change: more police patrolling the front of the airport.

Also, "from the airlines perspective, there's things they do behind the
scenes you don't see," said Earle.

The Transportation Security Administration will continue to screen all
baggage and perform more random searches on people.

Hospitals, The Department of Public Safety, the city, county, and FBI are
aware of the national heightened alert. They told NewsChannel 11, they do
have systems in place, ready to go, just in case something does happen on
the South Plains

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Lubbock Airport Security

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