Suicide Bomber Who Was Blown Out Of Plane Meant To Fly Turkish

Why do so many US airports now have lines, doors etc where flight crew and others with some form of ID just show that ID and no longer have to go through a metal detector? Are we dreaming? How do we really know that there family is not being held against their will etc? OMG.......why are we doing this when we have Pre-Check...the lines are small let them all use pre-check

Even crazier is that any major airline would actually fly to Somalia.

Sounds like he was an unwitting mule then.

Pretty sure TK uses its own, private security at Mogadishu. Hopefully, they would have caught this, as the security there is otherwise extremely lax.

@tom - The only ones that need to go through metal detectors are the traveling airline personnel - pilots, flight attendants, etc. All local airport employees are issued a SIDA badge that comes with its own restrictions such as an extensive background check and badges are required to be worn at all times in the SIDA area. While these local employees don't have to go through security, they keep pretty strict tracking through door badges, cameras, challenges, audits, etc to make it easy to identify responsible parties if an incident happens. So, they may be able to get away with something, but not for long.

@MD.....Thanks!

But I beg to disagree with your statement that "travelling airline personnel...need to go through metal detectors".

I see them walk around metal detectors, or through side door, in two MAJOR airports I frequent where they go through side doors and yes badges are checked etc, but NO metal detectors......

Then I pray as I am a nervos flyer as it is...

Strange that airport employees dont pass through metal detectors in the US. In Singapore, everyone passes through detectors. When I was interning at the airport, even heading out for lunch was a hassle as it meant I had to pass through those detectors. Maybe you all should push your government or local airports to adopt this measure.

Are you kidding me with this statement: "The only ones that need to go through metal detectors are the traveling airline personnel – pilots, flight attendants, etc"

Actually, they are slightly less risk than those that do NOT fly. After all, many of these other people can slip something into baggage, freight, materials, food carts, etc. and not have to sacrifice their own well being. At least the crew has to die in the process.

I am not saying I am worried about this, but wanted to point out the OBVIOUS to those not thinking it all the way through. Maybe you should work for the TSA.