contents JUNE 2013 VOLUME 19 ISSUE 3 REGULAR FEATURES 12


01 Lead Editorial 04 Air Watch 24 TransGlobe Air Flight 402 34 AVSEC Opinion: Xiaoyong Yang 44 Industry News 47 Security Diary 48 The Final Word: Sidney Chau


21 41 Editorial Advisory Board


Victor Anderes Executive Vice President, Global Elite Group, USA


Geoffrey D Askew AM Askew & Associates, Australia


Andy Blackwell


Head of Security and Resilience, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., UK


Michael Breadmore University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia


Sidney Chau Executive Director, AVSECO, Hong Kong


Yves Duguay President,


Heimdall-Cissonius Inc., Canada


Matthew Finn Managing Director, Augmentiq, Switzerland


Rear Admiral (Retired) Cathal “Irish” Flynn USA


Abdulla al Hashimi Chief of Group Security, Emirates Airlines, U.A.E.


Alan (Avi) Kirschenbaum Senior Research Fellow, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel


Omer Laviv Chief Executive Officer,


Athena GS3 Security Implementations Ltd., Israel


Bart Mos Sr. Security Officer, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands


Banu Nair Cabin Training Chief, Turkish Airlines, Turkey


Christophe Naudin Lecturer, Paris University & Consultant, Securite International, France


Robert Raffel Associate Professor, Homeland Security Program, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA


Carolina Ramírez-Taborda Assistant Director, Secure Freight, IATA, Switzerland


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Norman Shanks FSyI Principal Partner NSAI, UK & Visiting Professor, Coventry University & Associate Adjunct Professor, Edith Cowan University


Erroll G. Southers Associate Director, CREATE & Adjunct Professor of Homeland Security and Public Policy, University of Southern California, USA


Nara Srinivasan


Head, School of Justice & Business Law,


Edith Cowan University, Australia


Diana M. Stancu Safe and Secure Skies, Belgium


Capt. Nico Voorbach President, European Cockpit Association (ECA)


Capt. Tom Walsh Aviation Security Consultant, USA


Steve Wolff President, Wolff Consulting Services, USA


Xiaoyong Yang Lecturer,


College of Aviation Security, Civil Aviation Flight University of China


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