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Mon, 07/21/2008 - 18:04
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Chinese authorities introduce mechanism to ensure 'safe sky'
Beijing, Jul 21 (PTI) Civil aviation authorities in China would closely monitor air traffic situation in the country to prevent any incident such as a terror attack under a two-month long mechanism to ensure a "safe sky" during the BeijingOlympics.
Beijing Capital International Airport that handles major inflows of international athletes, officials and visitors would be closed for about four hours during the opening ceremony of the Olympics on August eight, a civil aviationadministration official said.
All major airports in Beijing and six co-host cities have ramped up security for Olympics to which terror has beenidentified as the biggest threat.
With the Games less than three weeks away, China hasstepped up anti-terror drive.
A headquarter has been set up to oversee the implementation of the two-month long mechanism that became operational at the Civil Aviation Administration of China inBeijing Sunday, official Xinhua news agency said.
The Bureau in Beijing and seven regional bureaus across China would be operating round-the-clock for timely evaluation of all factors that could affect air traffic safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China (C.A.A.C.) Air TrafficManagement Bureau Director Su Langen was quoted as saying.
The bureaus would respond quickly to situations such as terror attacks, hijack of civil aircraft and unauthorisedentry of no-fly zone by aircraft.
The official said they have prepared emergency response plans to deal with "abnormal situations" that could affect thesafety of civil aviation.
China recently renewed its pledge to host a safeOlympics.
As the Games nears, Beijing has under come thick security blanket with authorities launching three "defence lines" surrounding the Chinese capital to beef up security checks onpersons and vehicles entering the city.
National-level anti-terror drills have been held in Beijing and co-host cities – Shanghai, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao,Shenyang and Qingdao.
China said recently that it had smashed during the last six months this year five terror groups in Muslim-populated restive northwest Xinjiang region and detained 82 suspectedterrorists who had targeted Beijing Olympics.
Beijing had also earlier claimed to have foiled Olympics-targeted terror plots to kidnap foreign athletes, journalists and tourists during the Games and to crash aBeijing-bound passenger plane.
Beijing Capital International Airport that handles major inflows of international athletes, officials and visitors would be closed for about four hours during the opening ceremony of the Olympics on August eight, a civil aviationadministration official said.
All major airports in Beijing and six co-host cities have ramped up security for Olympics to which terror has beenidentified as the biggest threat.
With the Games less than three weeks away, China hasstepped up anti-terror drive.
A headquarter has been set up to oversee the implementation of the two-month long mechanism that became operational at the Civil Aviation Administration of China inBeijing Sunday, official Xinhua news agency said.
The Bureau in Beijing and seven regional bureaus across China would be operating round-the-clock for timely evaluation of all factors that could affect air traffic safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China (C.A.A.C.) Air TrafficManagement Bureau Director Su Langen was quoted as saying.
The bureaus would respond quickly to situations such as terror attacks, hijack of civil aircraft and unauthorisedentry of no-fly zone by aircraft.
The official said they have prepared emergency response plans to deal with "abnormal situations" that could affect thesafety of civil aviation.
China recently renewed its pledge to host a safeOlympics.
As the Games nears, Beijing has under come thick security blanket with authorities launching three "defence lines" surrounding the Chinese capital to beef up security checks onpersons and vehicles entering the city.
National-level anti-terror drills have been held in Beijing and co-host cities – Shanghai, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao,Shenyang and Qingdao.
China said recently that it had smashed during the last six months this year five terror groups in Muslim-populated restive northwest Xinjiang region and detained 82 suspectedterrorists who had targeted Beijing Olympics.
Beijing had also earlier claimed to have foiled Olympics-targeted terror plots to kidnap foreign athletes, journalists and tourists during the Games and to crash aBeijing-bound passenger plane.
