Krízový Manažment 2017, 16(1):14-23 | DOI: 10.26552/krm.C.2017.1.14-23

CHANGES IN SECURITY MEASURES AT AIRPORTS IN RELATION TO MODUS OPERANDI OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

Michaela VAŠKOVÁ, Tomáš ZEMAN, Jitka JOHANIDESOVÁ, Jan BŘEŇ, Josef KELLNER
Univerzita obrany, Kounicova 65, 602 00 Brno

This article aims to describe, analyze and evaluate current threats to aviation. Civil aviation security is one of the priority areas monitored mainly because it is a chronic long-term target of terrorist attacks. The results part is focused on the evaluation of the terrorist attacks in aviation in the period 1970 - 2015. There are evaluated developments in the number of terrorist attacks, the most common used weapons and the number of successful attacks.

Keywords: airports, critical infrastructure, security measures, terrorism

Published: March 30, 2017  Show citation

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VAŠKOVÁ, M., ZEMAN, T., JOHANIDESOVÁ, J., BŘEŇ, J., & KELLNER, J. (2017). CHANGES IN SECURITY MEASURES AT AIRPORTS IN RELATION TO MODUS OPERANDI OF TERRORIST ATTACKS. Krízový Manažment16(1), 14-23. doi: 10.26552/krm.C.2017.1.14-23
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