ANKARA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Under the new law recently passed by the Turkish Parliament, armed security guards will be deployed on flights flying to and from Turkey as precautionary measures against terror attack, local daily Haberturk reported Thursday.
According to the draft law, the guards to serve on planes will be staff of the Turkish Interior Ministry, including police officers, instead of personnel from private security companies.
At least one security guard will be deployed on flights regarded particularly risky.
The security guards will sit in seats toward the back of the plane and will be dressed in civilian clothes, said the report.
Under the new law, the Turkish authorities will also allow the presence of armed security guards in foreign civil aviation flights to Turkey, provided that the reciprocity principle is reserved.
