Thai Airways to install bulletproof<\/p>\n
THAILAND: National carrier Thai Airways will install bulletproof
\ndoors on cockpits of its jumbo jets to enhance flight security, a
\nsenior official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
By the end of April, electronic dead bolts would be fixed on
\nthe doors on all its 16 Boeing 747-400 jetliners, Thai's
\nexecutive vice president, Udomchai Nandamanop, said. After April,
\nthe airline will start replacing the doors with bulletproof doors
\ngradually, he said.<\/p>\n
Other security tools including surveillance cameras and
\nspecial communications equipment linking the cockpit with the
\npassenger cabin would also be installed, he said. The entire
\ninstallation process is expected to be completed by April next
\nyear, he told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
He said Thai Airways is consider installing bulletproof doors
\non other aircraft also. He said the entire project would cost an
\nestimated US$3 million.--AP<\/p>",
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