Scandalous state at airport
the remarks made by representative janan bushehri a few days ago in the national assembly aroused the attention of many stakeholders. she said she had previously warned, during the annulled council, about the way the minister of works dealt with the new international airport building project, and that she had drawn the minister’s attention to the fact that there were fi les on her desk that required attention, but the minister chose not to take any action on them, which only worsened the situation at the kuwait airport.
she said that it was assumed that this project would provide job opportunities for young people, and it does not seem that any of this will happen. it was also assumed that the new airport would stimulate the economy and air traffic, and increase the state’s revenues from this movement and transit, but its fate would not be better than the fate of any other government project.
representative bushehri added, according to an expert in the security of civil airports, the security of the new kuwait international airport has been breached, and there is no guarantee that it will be safe, when the time for its operation comes, if and when that happens.
through my research on this matter and my communication with those who have experience and knowledge of civil airport security, i was assured of the validity of the accusations and warnings received by mp bushehri, and those concerned with the matter supported her. penetrating airports in kuwait is not only easy, but it actually exists and is being practiced, and it is not new!
for example, building no. 4 or t4 was hacked for a reason due to the fact that the company that implemented the project used access control, which is of poor quality, even if it was produced by an internationally known company, and it was chosen for the low price factor, without regard to the quality factor. a specialized company was able to hack the secret code number and imitate it, and all that within less than a minute, through a chinese device whose price does not exceed thirty dollars.
the authority responsible and entrusted with the implementation of these projects is the directorate general of civil aviation, but it did not take into consideration, and within its priorities, the contracting of devices and systems that are not subject to security penetration, under any circumstances, but was only keen to choose the lowest prices, and this places responsibility on it; and the laws of the tenders committee, which often insist on awarding any tender to the lowest bidder.
note: an informed official told me that the contract for the turkish contractor, limak, and the contract for the international airport consultant have expired, and they have not been officially extended. also, payments to them stopped five months ago, and chaos paralyzes many businesses, and everyone works slowly, without any legal coverage.
