The attempted hijacking of a small plane earlier this month in the South Island will result in tightened security for passengers on planes with more than 19 seats, New Zealand media reported on Sunday.
The Sunday Star Times said a confidential briefing paper, due to go to the New Zealand Cabinet on Monday, would recommend passengers flying on commuter planes with at least 19 seats would be screened.
Currently, passengers on planes with less than 90 seats do not undergo x-ray screening.
The change has been prompted by the attempted hijacking of an Eagle Air -- a subsidiary of Air New Zealand -- flight from the South Island cities of Blenheim to Christchurch on Feb. 8.
Asha Abdille, 33, appeared in Christchurch District court on Friday on 11 new charges relating to the incident, including threatening to kill, possessing an offensive weapon, and taking a dangerous weapon on to an aircraft.
She was previously charged with hijacking the aircraft and wounding injuring the pilots and a passenger.
Abdille was remanded in custody under the Mentally Impaired Persons Act until next month.
Source: Xinhua
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