"Review ordered for Canada's Trudeau airport security"

Monday, September 11, 2006

Review ordered for Trudeau airport security   
Canada - The Montreal Gazette


Aéroports de Montréal said Monday it will review security at Pierre Elliott
Trudeau Airport after a Montreal newspaper reported that one of its
journalists had gained access to seven restricted areas of the airport,
including a kitchen where airline meals are prepared. 

The Journal de Montréal reporter entered the kitchen of Cara Operations
Ltd., the catering company that makes in-flight meals for the airlines, by
following employees into the building from a parking lot. 

When a Cara staff member saw the reporter in the locker room, he asked the
journalist whether he was a new employee. The reporter said he was starting
his first shift that day and the employee wished him well. 

During his visit to Cara’s kitchen last month, the reporter had access to
meals that were to be served on flights later that day. He  found the trays
stacked in a large refrigerator in the kitchen. On all occasions, the
reporter had no security pass when he entered the restricted areas, which
are on the periphery of the airport grounds. 

While the airport has increased security for passengers following a terror
plot to blow up planes flying from England to the United States, the
reporter was able to easily access the tarmac and hangers where several
companies keep private airplanes. 

Aéroports de Montréal president James Cherry said they are taking the
newspaper report “seriously” and the organization is committed to
reinforcing security measures, “where necessary.” A spokesperson for Cara
said the company is “conducting an immediate and thorough investigation into
this matter.”

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