Civil Guard Agents will travel in camouflage on combat flights

dir-dir flight security escort unit, presented this Tuesday in Palma, already exists in other countries, but is a novelty in Spain. The Civil Guard made a tough choice to be part of this group. Agents who will always travel in pairs are experts in self-defense and knowledge of operational response techniques is required. They should also have a solid knowledge of the aviation environment, be able to analyze the behavior of passengers, know negotiation techniques, first aid techniques, and demonstrate a good level of English. In the hypothetical situation where two pilots fail to take the controls on one of these flights, these agents are trained to stabilize the aircraft and land on the runway.

Although this unit will not be centralized Majorcapresented yesterday Palm. It was presented to coincide with the meeting of the International Committee of Flight Safety Agents, which started yesterday and will continue until next Thursday. Aviation security experts from Germany, Australia, Austria, Netherlands, India, Israel, Czech Republic, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam and Spain are attending this international meeting.

These experts will explore issues related to intelligence, interoperability, detection of abnormal behavior and treatment of conflict passengers.

presentation this elite unit that will be centralized Madrid was carried out by the deputy director of operations of the Civil Guard, Lieutenant General. Paul Salas. Government delegates were also present at the event. Aina CalvoWith the Colonel-in-Chief of the Balearic Command, Alexander Hernandez.

The Civil Guard encouraged the creation of this unit as a final consequence. NATO summit which was held in Madrid. Spanish law enforcement has deployed police capacities on airplanes for the first time.

In the presentation, it was confirmed that these camouflaged agents will travel mixed among passengers, armed and armed. They will work on both domestic and international flights.. Flights will be selected based on a set of parameters processed by the Civil Guard Information Service. This determines which so-called “hot flights” these agents are.

These are civil protection they will only act when the safety of the gate is in danger. They do not interfere in minor incidents. An example would be a passenger trying to open one of the doors or attacking the pilots of the plane. Faced with these hypothetical dangerous situations, agents would take action to reduce the attacker and, if necessary, take over the piloting of the aircraft. Logically, the Civil Guards wouldn’t even notify the airline of the flight where the agents were pretending to be passengers.

In yesterday’s presentation, Lieutenant General Pablo Salas He highlighted the rigorous training process carried out by the Civil Guards to create this security unit.. He underlined the tests carried out without any incident on flights with European routes and North America. The operations manager emphasized that the aim is to make this elite unit an international benchmark.

The head of the security escort unit referred to the new threats to air transport in his presentation. Therefore, security forces must be constantly on the alert in case a group of terrorists hijack a plane and cause an attack. Therefore you can never let your guard down.