Somali plane revelations add to fears of insider attacks

Somalia’s transport minister on Tuesday said that an employee at the country’s civil aviation office aided the bombing of a Djibouti-bound plane last week, reinforcing concern among security experts that insider attacks are among the biggest threats to commercial flights. For years aviation security upgrades have focused on reducing the risk of passengers smuggling an explosive onboard, adding layers of bag and passenger screening. But security experts worry that employees of foreign and US airports, who undergo fewer checks, could in fact pose the biggest threats to a bomb being brought onto a plane. Somali authorities suspect Abdullahi Abdisalam Borle, 55, was handed a laptop containing an explosive by two people dressed as airport workers. The handover took place after Mr Borle had cleared security checks at the Mogadishu airport from where the Daallo Airlines flight departed.<br/>