The flydubai incident could trigger sweeping security checks

Now, all West Asian airline pilots and, for that matter, cabin crews could be screened and psychologically tested before they fly to the US, Europe, Israel and other Western countries such as Australia. Steel cutlery, which vanished overnight after 9/11, could make a comeback, and there will be pressure on the International Civil Aviation Organization to convene a high-level meeting to urgently review global security at airports and aircraft. The mandate of the UN body is to support the safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sustainable growth of international civil aviation.