Nghe An escorts 10 criminals by air

On the morning of August 25, the Government held an online conference to review the work of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee in the first 7 months of 2020. Comrade Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Aviation Security Committee chaired the conference.

Attending the online conference at Nghe An bridge point were comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors who are members of the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Terrorism. Photo: D.C

301 aviation security violations occurred in 7 months

According to the report of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee, in the first 7 months of 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic has caused great damage to the world's airlines, flight frequency has decreased, many countries have completely banned international flights. For Vietnam, aviation businesses have suffered heavy losses, all indicators have decreased sharply.

In terms of operating output, departure and arrival flights decreased by 37% compared to the same period, transit flights decreased by 62% compared to the same period. Passenger output through airports reached 43 million passengers, down 37.5%. Cargo transport reached 169,000 tons, down 31.4%.

In the past 7 months, there have been 301 aviation security violations, a decrease of 102 cases compared to the same period in 2019. Notable cases include theft of property, luggage, and goods; violations of regulations on the use of flight documents, cards, and aviation security control licenses; disturbing order, threatening, and assaulting aviation staff; carrying weapons, support tools, and dangerous items against regulations...

Passengers check in at Vinh International Airport. Photo courtesy

In Nghe An, Vinh International Airport has 32 to 34 takeoffs and landings every day, serving about 4,000 to 4,200 passengers; in addition, the Airport also regularly welcomes special flights serving Party and State leaders and international guests visiting and working in Nghe An and neighboring provinces.

In the first 7 months of 2020, the political security, social order and safety, aviation safety and security situation in Nghe An province was basically stable; there were no terrorist activities, illegal interference or complicated incidents that negatively affected the operations of the airport, especially the security and safety of flights.

However, due to the low awareness of a segment of the population when participating in civil aviation activities, many issues still arise during the year that pose a threat to aviation security and safety, such as: passengers carrying weapons, support tools, and dangerous items against regulations; spreading false information about bombs and explosives; illegally entering restricted areas of airports; subjects using flying equipment to film and take photos in prohibited areas; the situation of people cultivating and planting tall trees in airspace areas, burning straw, and grazing livestock and poultry still occurs, posing a threat to flight safety.

During the first 7 months of the year, at Vinh International Airport, functional forces coordinated to detect and handle 10 cases of transporting criminals by air, and 1 case of coordinating to monitor the activities of criminal subjects.

Continue to build a culture of air traffic

At the Conference, representatives of ministries, branches and localities presented difficulties and problems in the work in the first 7 months of the year and proposed directions for implementing tasks in the coming time.

Concluding the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh emphasized that ensuring aviation security and safety is a particularly important task. To ensure absolute aviation security and safety in the last months of the year, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities, based on their functions and tasks as well as specific assigned tasks, to resolutely and seriously implement them to achieve the set goal of absolutely ensuring aviation security and safety, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks at the conference. Photo: VGP/Le Son

Seriously carry out the work of assessing risks and threats to aviation security and safety according to the provisions of law and other inter-sectoral coordination documents. The local Steering Committees for Anti-Terrorism seriously develop working regulations, exchange information, adhere to the "4 on-site" principle, avoid simplicity and formality; focus on drills, develop procedures to respond to situations that threaten aviation security and safety.

In particular, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested to step up propaganda work, disseminate legal knowledge, and continue to build a culture of aviation traffic for the whole society and all classes of people.

Dang Nguyen