Thai Airways to install bulletproof

Thai Airways to install bulletproof

THAILAND: National carrier Thai Airways will install bulletproof doors on cockpits of its jumbo jets to enhance flight security, a senior official said on Friday.

By the end of April, electronic dead bolts would be fixed on the doors on all its 16 Boeing 747-400 jetliners, Thai's executive vice president, Udomchai Nandamanop, said. After April, the airline will start replacing the doors with bulletproof doors gradually, he said.

Other security tools including surveillance cameras and special communications equipment linking the cockpit with the passenger cabin would also be installed, he said. The entire installation process is expected to be completed by April next year, he told The Associated Press.

He said Thai Airways is consider installing bulletproof doors on other aircraft also. He said the entire project would cost an estimated US$3 million.--AP