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US customs officials could be air marshalls

Washington, Usa - In the meantime a facial identification technology fails

The customs officials could be the new air marshalls on US flights: the Bush administration in fact decided to train customs officers to do this task. In this way the number of anti-terrorism potential watcher would increase and the air traffic would be safer. The choice comes after the failure of the new technology for criminals' identifications: for some months a test has been carried on at Logan...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52322
Rome, Italy, 09/02/2003 18:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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