EU Seeking Measures to Check Passengers Before Entrances to Airports

Security checks could take place before entrances to European airports, as the European Commission is considering to enhance security measures after the recent terror attacks in Brussels, media reported Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Jakub Adamowicz, the EU Commission spokesman for transport and regional policy, told Sputnik that the Committee for Civil Aviation Security of the European Commission would hold an emergency meeting on March 31 to discuss the security at the EU airports following the attacks in Brussels.

The European Commission believes such move makes sense, because all visitors of airports would then be checked before entering the terminal, the German Die Welt newspaper reported, citing information that emerged in high-level circles of the Commission.

According to the media outlet, the European Commission cited the example of the Moscow Airport Domodedovo, which has successfully introduced controls after a suicide bombing in 2011.

The Commission warned of potential costs of introducing security checks outside terminal buildings of airports but believes the measure could have a positive effect on security, the newspaper reported.

On Tuesday, at least 31 people were killed and some 260 injured in two bomb blasts in Brussels' Zaventem airport and an explosion in the city's subway. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attacks.