This document provides an overview of India's aviation security system and the implementation of a Hold Baggage Screening (HBS) system at major Indian airports. It describes the key functions of HBS including multi-level baggage screening at Level 1, 2, 3 and manual screening at Level 4. It also discusses the management information system used to monitor screening data and generate reports. Training procedures are in place to certify baggage screening operators. The HBS system was implemented in phases at major private airports in India following technical standards and considering best practices from major international airports.

1. MIS : PROJECT
AVIATION SECURITY
HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING
(HBS)
MABEL
MANISH
NAJAM

2. PREVIEW
• INTRODUCTION
• AVIATION SECURITY
• FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
(HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING)
• MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• TRAINING & IMPLEMENTATION
• DRAWBACKS & FUTURE

3. INTRODUCTION
• Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
• International Civil Aviation Organisation
mandate- 198 countries signatory
• Commissioner of Civil Aviation Security
• Avsec Circular & Orders
• BCAS Act :legal sanctity
• Four offrs with powers of Crpc 1973 as
amended vested in them

4. AVIATION SECURITY

5. AVIATION SECURITY
• 16 to 30 checks of passenger(pax) depending
on layout & size of airport.
• Incident at airport
– World News
– Attracts Media
– Mileage to anti-social elements
– Shame to country: Airline being carrier of National
Flag.
– Loss : Monetary, Life & Property

6. AVIATION SECURITY
• Open sky policy & economic liberalisation
• Growth in Aviation
– Traffic (Airlines & Aircrafts)
– Pax
– Airports ( Nos & Size)

7. AIRPORTS & AIRCRAFTS- INDIA
AIRPORTS & AIRSTRIPS
ORG
TOTAL
OPERATIONAL
AAI
97
65
DEFENCE
138
90*
STATE GOV 161
67
JV
06
06
PVT
61
53
* CIVIL ENCLAVE
25
AIRCRAFTS
AIRLINENOS OF A/C
AIR INDIA
131
JET
111
INDIGO
62
SPICEJET
48
GO AIR
13
BLUE DART
08
DECCAN CARGO
02
AIR MANTRA
02
QUICKJET
01

8. PASSENGER FLOW

9. IMPACT OF LIBERALISATION
• With the liberalization of the Indian aviation sector, aviation
industry in India has undergone a rapid transformation. From
being primarily a government-owned industry, the Indian
aviation industry is now dominated by privately owned full
service airlines and low cost carriers.

10. AVIATION SECURITY
• Privatisation of Airports
• Up gradation of facilities & Modernisation of
systems
• Trim sheets (Pax & Load tally)
• Revenue generation
• Allocation of seats on the basis of fare
• Break even & profit generation strategy
• CCTV & Intelligence tracking
• Pax profiling with face recognition software
• Pax reservation & check in facility
• USA : Moment ticket is booked , background check of
individuals initiated & classified red , amber & green
• India : Only card fraud & address verification.

11. AVIATION SECURITY
• Access control system ( Employees)
– Bio Metric Access control for all airports under
implementation
– Contact less Cards : GHIAL Shamshabad
• Hold Baggage Screening (HBS)

12. HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING
• Legacy
– X-ray Machines Before check in
– Each pax to take baggage to X- ray machine
– Manual & Time consuming procedure.
– Increase in traffic & pax
• More space required
• Time consuming
• More technically qualified individuals required.
IS SOLUTION: IN LINE HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING
OPERATIONAL : DIAL,GHIAL,MIAL,BIAL,CIAL & UNDER
PLANNING AT FIVE AAI AIRPORTS

13. HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING
(HBS)

14. HBS:TESTED & APPROVED SYSTEM
• Approval by International/ National regulatory agency: The X-ray BIS deployed at Level- 1 must be approved by at
least three major regulatory agencies of
• Civil aviation `Appropriate Authority’ including the country
of product manufacturer such as: • a. Transport Security Administration (USA),
• b. Department of Transport (UK),
• c. Department of Bundeskriminalamt BKA-Germany,
• d. ECAC(European Civil Aviation Conference) – European
Union.
• e. Department of Transport (Australia)
• f. Flughafen Police (Switzerland) and / or,
• g. ENAC-Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (Italy)
• Besides the product should be approved by the civil
aviation regulatory authority of the manufacturing country

15. HBS: PURPOSE & SCOPE
• PURPOSE To prevent Weapons, Explosives, IEDs, IIDs, Dangerous
Articles, Dangerous Substances or any other dangerous devices
from being introduced on board an aircraft engaged in carriage of
passengers.
• SCOPE
Screening of Registered Check – in /Hold Baggage.
• VULNERABILITY
• (a) Carriage of Weapons, Explosives, IEDs, IIDs, Dangerous Goods,
Dangerous Substances or any other dangerous devices.
• (b) Loading Registered Baggage into Aircraft without screening.

16. HBA: FUNCTIONS
• FUNCTIONS
(a) Effective automated screening of Registered/
Checked – in Baggage through Inline Hold Baggage
System before being loaded onto the passenger
Aircraft.
(b) Effective screening of OOG (Out of Gauge)
Registered/Checked – in – Baggage before being
loaded onto passenger Aircraft.

17. HBS: LEGAL SANCTITY
• REFERENCE
• Appendix “F” of BCAS Circulars No 25/2004 on
HBS
• National Civil Aviation Security Programme
(NCASP)
• BCAS Circular No 06/2004(Rules relating to
Carriage of Dangerous goods)
• BCAS Circular No 34/2005(Procedure for
Screening Of Hold Baggage)

18. HBS : LEVEL -1
• A high speed multi view / computer sliced Xray machine with automatic explosives
detection facilities (400 to 1800 bags/hr).
• Decision is to be Fully automatic and the
operator intervention is only required in startup and shut down procedures
• Four to five views of the baggage generated
• Un-cleared baggage will go to Level 2
• Cleared bags will proceed to the baggage
make-up area

19. HBS:LEVEL -2
• Screening at remote workstations.
• Equipped with enhanced imaging /
manipulation systems : options to select view
out of five views generated.
• Baggage should be ‘tracked’ while it travels
the length of the conveyor: its position and
identity is known all times.
• Allows 15-20 seconds to queue and process
the level 2 images.

20. HBS:LEVEL 2B(BIGGER AIRPORTS )
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Longer time analysis
Enhanced image manipulation capabilities
More experienced operator.
40 to 120 seconds
98% bags expected to be cleared.
Bag considered suspect are flagged and routed
automatically to Level 3
• Cleared bags :Routed to baggage make -up area.
• Bags not cleared within a pre-determined time by level
2 operators, are considered ‘time-outs’ and
automatically forwarded to level 3
 Note: The Matrix type set-up of several level 1 and
level 2 workstations will be linked together

21. HBS : LEVEL 3 & 4
• Level 3
– X- Ray screening & operator analysis
– Explosive Trace or vapour Detector/ sniffer dog.
• Level 4
– All un-cleared / suspected bags at level 3 are to
be reunited with their owners for further
inspection and interview.
– Appropriate action based on Banned items or
threat or not clear.

22. HOLD BAGGAGE SCREENING (HBS) - SYSTEM LAYOUT
Level 2
Level 2
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Worrk 2
Level
Station
Work
Station
Level 1
Level 1 Decision
10s
Level 2 WS
Decision > 20s
L
E
V
E
L
2
Clear
Reject
Junction and
metering etc > 10s
Level 3 machine
Decision 10s
 4 x Operators.
 2 Monitors with each
Operator.
5 Images from
different
Angles for Level – 1.
Level 3
Worrk 3
Level
Station
Work
Station
L
E
V
E
L
 2 x Monitors with
each Operator.
 2 Images (H/V)
 Images of Level 3
 Images of Level 2
can also be viewed
Level 3
Worrk 3
Level
Station
Work
Station
3
Level 3 W/S
Decision > 20s
Level 3 Work Station
Clear
Reject
Level 4
TDE
2 X-Ray Views at Re-Check Work Station
Manually
Carousel

23. FLOW OF BAGGAGE
Level -1
Auto Decision – 10 Sec
Level – 2 (Rejected Bags)
Work Stn Op – 20 Sec
Level - 3A
Auto Decision – 10 Sec
Level - 3B (Rejected Bags)
Work Stn Op – 20 Sec
Level – 4
Manual
Manual

24. HBS: FLOW OF BAGGAGE INFORMATION
• The relevant information, which is important to evaluation of the
bag and its contents, must be carried forward through the
security process until the bag is “CLEARED”.
• Ensure that the basis of concerns, identified at one Level, which
are significant or not easily identified are communicated
effectively to succeeding Level in the HBS automatically by the
system or by other means of communication system.
• It is essential to ensure that the personnel deployed at next
Levels responds efficiently & effectively to resolve the urgent
situations. Such communication may include the following : • Where the Weapons, Firearms, Dangerous Goods are
detected.
• Where an operator believes they have positively identified
an IED/IID at any stage of HBS.

25. HBS : BAGS TRACKING
• Pax checks in
– Bar code on ticket & luggage
– City code , Number of bags & total weight.
• Code assigned on conveyor belt by tracking
system .
• Identifies any blockage, location of bag etc on
carousal.
• Bags identified & diverted based on coded
identity assigned by the system.
• Based on coding, bags segregated for
respective flights.

26. HBS : MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Provide controls for start-up and powerdown.
• Provide controls and displays for:
– Current system status.
– User log-in management
– System performance statistics.
– Image recall capability.

27. HBS : MIS
• Dedicated PC to display & log info : Level 1 & 2
• Capabilities
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On-line monitoring of all control functions.
On-line event, alarm outputs and reports.
X-ray status and performance statistics
Workstation status and performance statistics
Hardware faults.
Image recall facility.
User log – in management system
• Compile & print reports summary
• Record data on disc for duration specified.

28. MIS : DATA TO BE COMPILED
• For X-ray
– Level 1 & 2B events (all)
– Decisions
– On line and off line activity
– Faults (and the time at which they occur)
• For Workstations
– Workstation events (all)
– Decisions
– On line and off line activity
– Faults (and the time at which they occur)

29. HBS : MIS
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Reports :Generation & Print
Storage
Presentation
Retrieval & Off line presentation
Threat Image Projection (TIP) for level 2
Operators

30. HBS : TRAINING
• TIP At Level 2
• Software training programme : 12 Levels ,
(available with GHIAL AVSEC training centre)
• Operator training & certification procedure.
• Feedback for system as well as training
curriculum
• Education level raised to graduation.

31. HBS MIS : IMPLEMENTATION
• Technical parameters finalized considering the
world best practices & reps of major airport
operators in 2004.
• Installation ( considering traffic & airport size)
– Phase I
• DIAL,MIAL & CIAL
• GHIAL & BIAL
– Phase II
• Five AAI airports
NOTE : FUNDING NO PROBLEMS. EVERY FLIER CONTRIBUTING.

32. HBS MIS : IMPLEMENTATION
• Committees comprising of regulator , airport
operator & technical reps formulated.
• Checks & monitoring by User & Regulator
during installation.
• Training by the manufacturer to user.
• SOPs formulated considering all aspects.

33. HBS MIS : IMPLEMENTATION
• Designing of Training & certification
curriculum.
• HR parameters finalized.
• Training and certification
• Approval by committee for operationalising
• Actual report of DIAL & MIAL
• Feedback & follow up

34. HBS : DRAWBACKS
• Images of tip library not as per indian
conditions.
• Arms Not detected( Signages for pax )
• Explosives ??? ( Only known to USA & ECAC
Nations)
• Regulatory body not updated on system. –
System implementation put on hold.

35. HBS : FUTURE
• In- Line baggage sorting system to be
incorporated.
• Implementation at all major airports
• Indianised baggage library to be developed .
• Real time and realistic training.
• X-ray machines to be developed as per our
threat assessment

36. ANY QUESTIONS