Indonesia to Fortify Airports Countrywide After Deadly Attack
- New fences, x-ray machines to be installed at 192 airports
- Transport minister says record improving, but work remains
Police take up position after a series of blasts in Jakarta on Jan. 14, 2016.
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(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia is upgrading security at its 192 airports to guard against possible terrorist attacks, weeks after a deadly bombing and shooting assault by Islamic State militants in downtown Jakarta.
Measures will include fences at all the country’s airports that comply with International Civilian Aviation Organization standards, “first-class” baggage x-ray machines and retraining for security officers, Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan said in an interview this week.