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A PASSENGER who carried fireworks onto a flight from Indonesia to Australia has highlighted a major security breach that could have brought down a plane, according to one aviation expert.
The December 2013 Australian Transport Safety Bureau incident report says the crackers, on a flight from Bali, were found ''post flight … in carry-on baggage''.
Aviation expert Tony Webber, an associate professor at the University of Sydney Business School, said terrorism attacks in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 88 Australians, made any explosives on a plane a big concern.
''Before you go on a flight - at check-in and before you board - you are told explosives are not allowed. I'd say that was a major security breach,'' Dr Webber said.
Read more: Fireworks taken on plane in 'major security breach'
The December 2013 Australian Transport Safety Bureau incident report says the crackers, on a flight from Bali, were found ''post flight … in carry-on baggage''.
Aviation expert Tony Webber, an associate professor at the University of Sydney Business School, said terrorism attacks in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 88 Australians, made any explosives on a plane a big concern.
''Before you go on a flight - at check-in and before you board - you are told explosives are not allowed. I'd say that was a major security breach,'' Dr Webber said.
Read more: Fireworks taken on plane in 'major security breach'
