India to require facial scans for airline staff and add full-body scanners after Flydubai
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- India will mandate facial recognition screening for airline and airport employees and install full-body scanners at eight major airports, a response to a Flydubai flight incident in which a co‑pilot attempted to take control and stabbed the senior pilot, an Indian national.
- The move is aimed at strengthening aviation security, and the government processes about 1.5 million airport entry passes each year.
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