Word: airport
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...fears a Pyongyang boycott because it would increase the chances for violent incidents at the Olympics. Shortly before the start of last year's Asian Games, which North Korea refused to attend, a bomb that authorities believe was the work of North Korean agents exploded at Seoul's Kimpo Airport, killing five people and injuring more than 30. The hope is that if the Soviets and other Communist nations attend the Seoul Games, Pyongyang will avoid causing similar bloody disruptions...
Almost every airline passenger has had the annoying experience of having keys, a belt buckle or some other bit of metal set a detection device buzzing. But how well do airport guards spot passengers actually carrying guns? To find out, the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a four-month test late last year in which agents, each packing an inoperative pistol in carry-on luggage or clothing, tried to sneak the weapons through airport gates around the country...
...result, disclosed last week: the weapons passed through 20% of the time on average. At Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, two-thirds of the concealed armaments escaped detection. The FAA blamed the failures not on faulty metal detectors or luggage X rays but on guards who failed to pay attention...
Dear Rolf: We heard about Chernobyl, and we certainly hope you and your family are all right. I'm sure you'll understand why we won't be dropping in to see you in Stockholm next month after all. With those crazy hijackers, airport bombers and high prices, we're staying home this year. Besides, Europe may be exciting, but Yosemite in the moonlight can be pretty appealing...
...tourism more dramatic than in Greece, where the number of vacationing Americans plunged by some 70% last year, after the 1985 hijacking of a TWA passenger jet en route from Athens to Rome. The incident was followed by a State Department travel warning regarding security problems at the airport there. Now flights to Athens through mid-July are heavily booked on TWA and sold out on Olympic Airways, the Greek flag carrier. Epirotiki, the largest operator of island-hopping cruise ships in Greece, is predicting a tripling of its business...