Hello,
This week we are opening a new topic- Airport Security and will try to answer the question WHY IS AIRPORT SECURITY IMPORTANT IN GENERAL AND ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS?
In the meantime, can you please take a few seconds to do the poll and vote on what you consider the most important when you travel by air? Please, do not choose more than 2 answers. The voting closes tomorrow.
Airport Security
Airports and aircraft are attractive targets for terrorism and other acts of crime. Large number of people pass through airports, which means that there is a high concentration of people in a small area. At the same time large aircraft such as Airbus A380 can carry more than 500 people on board, so any attempt to blow up a plane has the potential to produce a high mortality rate.
On the other hand, incidents involving aircraft attract huge media interest, which can be used by terrorists to create fear. A hijacked plane is a 'flying bomb', explosive devices can be hidden in checked luggage causing the death of hundreds of innocent civilians.
Task 1
Find the meaning of the 8 words in red and provide a short definition for each one.
Check http://dictionary.reference.com/.
Task 2
1. Find out about some of the incidents invoving aircraft that changed the way airport security is viewed today.
2. What did these incidents lead to regarding airport security?
a) 9/11
b) 10/08/2006
c) 25/12/2009
Write three short paragraphs summarising briefly the incidents and what security measures were put in place as a result of that.
Task 3
Write a short text of 150 to summarise the topic and answer the question: Why is airport security important in general and especially today?
Regards,
RV
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terrorism-aplanned attack
ReplyDeleteconcentration-A lot of something in one place
blow up-to detonate
mortality rate-the percentage of people who are killed
terrorists-person who kill people
hijacked-to take control of an aircraaft
explosive-something that could explode
civilians-an ordinary person from the general public
Terrorism: to cause fear and violence among general population.
ReplyDeletea high concentration of: a lot in amount or a lot of people.
Blow up: to cause explosion.
Mortality rate: group of people killed.
Terrorists: people who cause fear and violence among general population.
Hijacked plane: kidnapped plane.
Explosive devices: devices that create explosion like bombs or C4.
Civilians: person from the general puplic.
Terrorism: to cause fear and violence among general population.
ReplyDeleteconcentration-A lot of something in one place
Blow up: to cause explosion.
mortality rate-the percentage of people who are killed
Terrorists: people who cause fear and violence among general population.
hijacked-to take control of an aircraaft
Explosive devices: devices that create explosion like bombs or C4.
civilians-an ordinary person from the general public
1. the state of fear produced by terrorism or terrorization.
ReplyDelete2. A lot amount of something.
3. an explosion.
4. death rate
5. a person who terrorizes or frightens others
6. threat of force
7. a piece of equipment that serving to explode
8. a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization
Task 2
1. 9/11
2. Happened in New York City on Tuesday At 8:46 am. The type of attack is aircraft hijacking, mass murder, suicide attack, terrorism. There are 2976 victims and 19 hijackers. +6000 are injured. It led by Osama bin Laden.
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ReplyDelete- 10/08/2006
ReplyDeleteBig security alert by UK intelligence and police forces that closed Heathrow airport after a plot to carry a terrorist attack on up to 20 aircraft , passengers were banned from taking any hand luggage on board flights as the security measures were very tight.
- 25/12/2009
The White House called an attempted terrorist attack after a passenger ignited a small explosive device shortly before landing, later it has been discovered that the passenger is a trained member of Al-Qaeda.
Terrorism: to cause fear for people.
ReplyDeleteConcentration: allot of people in one place.
Blow up: to detonates.
Mortality rate: number of people killed
Terrorists: the person who cause fear to people.
Hijacked: to take control of an aircraft by another people.
Explosive devices: devices that create explosion like bomb.
Civilian: an ordinary person from the general public.
Why is airport security important?
Security is the most important part in the airport because of the high concentration of people also important people like politicians. Nowadays security become stricter than before because of the terrorist acts .
Airport Security
ReplyDeleteTask1: words meaning
1. Terrorism: using violence for political purposes and for the fear of the public.
2. A high concentration of: a lot of people or another thing in one place.
3. Blow up: to destroy, to lead to explode.
4. Mortality rate: the number of people who are killed, lethality rate, deadly rate.
5. Terrorists: The person who do the crime.
6. Hijacked plane: to take the control of the plane.
7. explosive devices: bombs
8. Civilians: Normal people from the society that are not police.
Task2: incidents
1. Because of Air indian bombing in 1985, Sep 11,2001 attacks, and other incidents canada has tighten security rules to prevent any kind of crime from happening in any flight in canada.
France have established vigipirate program for checking passengers becauase of the terrorist attacks in france in 1986; thus seurity in France has raised.
2. 9/11: They introduce a biometric system to identify each individual depart and arrive the country.
8/10: All kinds of liquids of more than 100ml have been forbidden except baby milk.
12/25: full body scanners were introduced for checking passenger.
Task 3: The importance of security
In the airport, passengers go through security after checking-in. security refers to methods and techniques to protect the country, passengers, and airport personnel from any sort of attack. In my opinion, a security is a significant procedure in traveler processing. First, it will be convenient for the government to control the movement of harmful goods such as weapons and bombs. Thus, the airport will not be an attractive target for terrorists and aircraft will not be hijacked by any organization. Another thing to mention is that there are restrictions for items such as liquids. For example, perfumes should not be more than 100ml to pass from Doha airport. Finally, the security goal is to keep the airport staff, travelers, and airplanes safe, comfortable, well protected.
Task 3
ReplyDeleteWhy is airport security important in general
and especially today?
Airport security is very important for travelers to feel confident and safe when they go to the airport Especially today.. Since Airports have faced challenges in the recent years. One of these challenges is 11/9/2001 attack which happened in New York city and this consider as a harmful incident because it contains many type of attack aircraft hijacking, mass murder , suicide attack and terrorism. And many others incident that make people unconfident about traveling by air. As a result of making airport security system very tight, in order to ensure passengers protection.
Terrorism: to cause fear and violence among general population.
ReplyDeletea high concentration of: a lot in amount or a lot of people.
Blow up: to cause explosion.
Mortality rate: group of people killed.
Terrorists: people who cause fear and violence among general population.
Hijacked plane: kidnapped plane.
Explosive devices: devices that create explosion like bombs or C4.
Civilians: person from the general puplic.
Task 1
ReplyDeleteTerrorism: a planned attack designed to cause fear to puplic
a high concentration of: a lot of people in one place
blow up: to destroy, to explode
mortality rate: number of people who are killed
terrorists: the person who attack and try to kill and do a crime
hijacked plane: to take control of a plane
explosive devices: devices that create explosion
civilians: member of public
Task 2
10/08/2006
Security forces are reportedly searching the United Kingdom and scouring the globe for the remaining members of the terrorist ring smashed in a dramatic police operation. Scotland Yard says 21 suspected plot members have been arrested but British and American media are reporting that up to 30 remain at large. National security alerts in Britain and America are now at their highest level.
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ReplyDeleteTask1:
ReplyDeleteTerrorism: the use of violence to achieve political aims and designed to cause fear among the general public.
A high concentration of: a lot of people in one place.
Blow up: to cause to explode.
Mortality rate: rate that describes how many people have been killed.
Terrorists: the person who cause fear.
Hijacked plane: the control of the plan has been taken.
Explosive devices: bombs
Civilians: an ordinary person from the general public.
Task2:
9/11
After this incident airports become more tighten in security.
10/08/2006
After this incident airports come stricter in liquids. No more than 100ml of liquid is allowed.
25/12/2009
Full body scanners are able after this incident.
Task 3:
Why is airport security important in general and especially today?
Recently airport security becomes striker than it was to provide a high quality of transferring passengers safely, so passenger can feel comfortable during the flight. Passenger has to go through security measures to avoid any hidden explosive device. They have to follow the instruction given to them by the security personnel. For example, if they were asked to be checked manually because of the metal detector alert, they have to accept it. If they are carrying any liqueds, gels, and aerosol more than 100ml, they have to put it in a transparent bag.
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ReplyDeleteN.A said...
ReplyDeleteTASK 1
-terrorism : the use of violence to achieve political aims and designed to cause fear among the general puplic.
-concentration:a large amount of something.
-blow up:to detonate.
-mortality rate:describes how many people have been killed.
-terrorists:person who do the crime .
-hijacked planed:to take control of an aircrat against the will of the crew.
- explosive devices:bomb.
-civilians:an ordinary person from the general puplic.
TASK 2
a) 9/11
-Airports become more tighten in security .
c) 25/12/2009
Full body scanners are able.