Airport security boosted nationwide

Airports across the country have advances steps of airport security on travellers and their luggage to prepare them for the incoming events to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Other airlines have made public statements to recommend passengers to arrive two hours before their departure time for a domestic flight and three hours before international flight.

Airport security have been constricted in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, where all the hand carry luggage should be opened and all travellers should take off their shoes and belts during the security check.

In other provincial capitals like Wuhan in Hubei province, not less than half of the hand carry luggage were opened for security checks and one in three passengers are compulsory to take off their shoes and belts for security checks according to the report of Changjiang Daily.

Lighters and matches are totally prohibited from being taken inside the plane and confirmed portable chargers are only permitted in hand carry luggage based on the announcement through the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

According to the security officer from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, if a portable charger is discovered in a passenger’s luggage, officers will open the luggage immediately to check and control it for video supervision.

Z. Wenting