Passengers must remove footwear for screening at Ghana’s Airports – GACL


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  • Barko osae twum 10 months ago

    What's the point of removing the shoes. Can we not source scanning equipment passengers can walk through? Will passengers arriving via our VIP lounge also do the same? Will ministers and all government appointees especially ...
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  • ASEMPA 10 months ago

    Twum this was exactly my thoughts when I was listening to the news yesterday. Infact I felt ashamed as a Ghanaian cuz in this modern world Ghana is still doing things the primitive way, very disgusting decision.

  • Charles 10 months ago

    Fly through Addis ababa (Ethiopia) and the ask these useless questions

  • Rich 10 months ago

    You think exactly like our unless leaders. Lack of vision

  • Allah Dey 10 months ago

    You leave in the village and make an empty noise. Have ever travelled through the European airports?

  • Travel by Air 10 months ago

    Exactly most comments are from armchair spectators they have not been in a aircraft ever in the USA before you board the plane you have to remove your shoes and be ready for x-ray . So please kindly get ready to go to another ...
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  • ANKORA WASH DC 10 months ago

    My friend when was the last time you traveled outside the country? What is primitive in this?
    Removing shoes at airport security checkpoints is done in most advanced countries. It done by the TSA at every airport in the USA. ...
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  • A. O 10 months ago

    Better do your research well.
    This is not new practice in the aviation industry.
    It is common in Holland Airport.

  • Shaawele 10 months ago

    It's pretty much done at every airport in Europe and america lol..shoes are removed before going through scan

  • Abroampaiil 10 months ago

    In europe its only done on suspicion.

  • Kwasia man Ablakwa 10 months ago

    Not true. I am in Germany

  • Kofi Mensah 10 months ago

    NO !! It is not done on suspicion: IT IS MANDATORY AND EVERYBODY MUST DO IT.

    I have to this all teh time in Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport.

  • blessed 10 months ago

    not true, many airports in around the port and specifically Europe and USA don't make passengers remove their shoes.

  • ANKORA WASH DC 10 months ago

    Where in USA do you live? When was the last time you traveled out of the USA if you really live here? Or probably you are one of the Ghanaian-Americans who have have been in USA for over twenty years without visiting the fami ...
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  • Jason 10 months ago

    IN USA YOU HAVE TO REMOVE YOUR SHOE

  • Akyem Nkraman 10 months ago

    That's not true for the USA bro. Say what you know. Shoes are removed in the USA.

  • Asikan 10 months ago

    What a lie! Where in USA do you live, Bekwei?

  • Kofi Mensah 10 months ago

    STOP TELLING LIES:

    Shoes are removed in European ports, i have done this several times when boarding KLM in Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport.

  • Am 10 months ago

    U dey lie bro

  • Kyeremeh 10 months ago

    It is true by it is those who will departure from the country it is not those arrive the country

  • Ray 10 months ago

    Yes, it's for departure. It's done across the world. But it wasn't done in Gh for the couple of times I have been.

  • Anonymous 10 months ago

    Don’t waste ur time. Nobody will ask them when they get there. Talk is the freest commodity to pack n go

  • SHOE REMOVAL AT AIRPORTS NORMAL PRACTICE GLOBALLY 10 months ago

    Shoe removal at Airport security is routinely done virtually everywhere else in the civilized world! Did you ever hear about the "Shoe bomber"?

  • Yao 10 months ago

    It's still done in the US and all the developed world. Do you remember the shoe bombers' case? The removed shoe is pushed through the scanner like all other items including laptops.

  • Afriyie 10 months ago

    In Ghana, it is common to have humorous individuals in leadership positions within corporations and companies. However, the rules and regulations they plan to implement for security screening are quite outdated and inefficien ...
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  • STOP TALKING IF YOU HAVEN'T TRAVELLED BEFORE! 10 months ago

    Quite simply, a lot of noise is made by people who haven't stepped foot outside our borders before. Seasoned travellers know that this is the norm everywhere in the world. Why is it that we are still so backward?!

  • Onua 10 months ago

    It is done in most airports check the

  • SHOE REMOVAL STANDARD PRACTICE WORLDWIDE 10 months ago

    On 22 December 2001, Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber boarded American Airlines Flight 63 between Paris and Miami, wearing shoes packed with explosives, which he unsuccessfully tried to ...
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  • Anonymous 10 months ago

    Point of corrections, is Richard Reid

  • BLESSED 10 months ago

    WELL FELLOW GHANANS. THIS IS NOT NEW. WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME WHEN BOARDING PLANES IN WESTERN COUNTRIES.

  • Duka daya 10 months ago

    All airports still demand foot wear is removed for screening. Leave KIA alone

  • Naa 10 months ago

    We will leave them alone but tell them to clean the Airport. It’s disgusting when one has to remove his /her shoes at KIA. The floors are too dirty.

  • Charles 10 months ago

    Thus is done at most airports in the world.

  • Koo Boare 10 months ago

    I have no problem with the removal of shoes at the airport. What is important is that our people should know what they are looking for and the screening equipment must be serviceable.

  • K.kwafo 10 months ago

    What is strange about this? It's a security measure which is carried out at most airports especially in the very countries we call developed.Let's also not lose sight of the fact that the statement did not single out Ghanaia ...
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  • WH 10 months ago

    It is strange because they are now introducing it always lagging behind

  • Kotibrim 10 months ago

    This is already going on. On my last trip I had to remove my belt and watch as well and I was made to drink the bottle of water I had by force before screening.

  • Ki 10 months ago

    Do you know the difference between belt and shoe I’ve travelled more than 8 countries globally I’ve never had to remove my shoe the closest was my belt in Ethiopia

  • Joe 10 months ago

    You were a lair. Every airport in Europe and America you need to remove your shoes ,belts, watches, laptop,phone and even religious ornaments. You put all in a tray on a conveyer belt which goes through a scanner then the p ...
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  • Ki5 10 months ago

    Haha which lie Ive traveled more than 8 conutries never ever had to remove my shoe the only place i removed my belt was in Ethiopia 100% the truth as for laptop perfumes etc yes everywhere shoe and belt no

  • Unknown 10 months ago

    Name those countries and airports you did traveled to and from. A big Godamn liar. I do travel religiously due to my work requirements and surely do remove shoes, belts, wallet etc.etc before going through the scanner. Stop ...
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  • Kofi Mensah 10 months ago

    Why not? 8 African countries are also countries.

    But if you travelled in any European country, you'ld have to remove your shoes before you board or as well cancel your flight.

  • Walala 10 months ago

    Many people are speaking out of ignorance, 99.9% of every airport in the world, removing of shoes, belt, jacket, ring, wallet, keys etc are not anything new just maybe the complaints is having his first time of boarding a pl ...
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  • Ayebiampa Nyame 10 months ago

    You may not have travelled to all airports in the world or have a reliable research finding to be so emphatic to quote the "99.9%." As other comments put it, is fair to use "most" or "some" because it helps to accommodate oth ...
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  • GUY CEMETERY TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA 10 months ago

    Across all airports in the country,as if , we have alot of airports in Ghana. Ghana is a TV station in Heaven which is used to entertaining God and his angels.
    Jokers nkoaa

  • Chief 10 months ago

    Herhhh, your comment weak me!!!lol

  • The Rock 10 months ago

    It's done at London Heathrow and KFK in new York. This is not something new

  • ROGUE LAWYER 10 months ago

    nkwaseafo3 no , wasan aka won bio,
    simple solution since they lack vision and wisdom , they always spill the usual nonsense.

    why can't you acquire a footscann machine, that every passenger must stand on it to be fo ...
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  • Grandpa 10 months ago

    Funny people dey Ghana oo those who are proudly against this have no idea about travel I believe they're don't even have passport but are loud here funny villagers(this is not new to some of us)

  • Coach 10 months ago

    I have travelled extensively across Europe and I have never been ask to remove my shoes for screening

  • Aba 10 months ago

    Liar

  • Kakasunaka Man 10 months ago

    Coach you are a big liar.which part of Europe are you talking off. You are in your village talking liars.

  • Kwabena- London 10 months ago

    What are you talking about, I have had been doing this every time l am coming from London to Ghana. You Ghanaians complain about everything. You are not like Malaysians how they have helped develop their country and you say y ...
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  • Kofi 10 months ago

    Barko Osae Twum…..Not only in Ghana I did the same at Amsterdam.

  • Ki 10 months ago

    thats because youre a suspect ! or maybe your have metals on your shoe

  • Peter 10 months ago

    Ghana is late in implementing it. Especially with a president known for hard drugs and his criminals mafia. I welcome the practice.

  • Anonymous 10 months ago

    It’s an international practice. Those who haven’t travelled outside the borders will come insulting

  • George 10 months ago

    This is nothing new.

  • Kwabena Ohemeng, London 10 months ago

    I will remove my shoes. Why? I haven't anything to hide.

  • AKWASI 10 months ago

    What is new about this? We've been removing our shoes since!

  • all must removed 10 months ago

    Usually 3 world countries makes laws only for poor people

  • Aba 10 months ago

    It is done all over the world, your belt, watch, phone, lap top shoes,
    We can talk oh.

  • Tee-nana 10 months ago

    Well, I heard this is a common practice in airports of advanced countries cos I was complaining the first time I was made to do that while transiting at Dubai Airport and a well-travelled friend told me it's normal.

  • FOYOOSIS 10 months ago

    This is a normal occurrence if not in all international airports, most before departure. Why has the GACL all of a sudden made this normal practice a breaking news?

    Have the Kotoka Airport officials been excluding some so ...
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  • Kofi 10 months ago

    This is done most airport in the world. Is for our safety. Why don't we give them our support.

  • WaLL 10 months ago

    It is done on departure .Not new.Kotoka does it.I have been departing many years from Ghana we remove shoes .Not new!!

  • Kofi Adu 10 months ago

    This is long overdue. YOU can't wear any shoes to pass through any security zone in any US airport.

  • WaLL 10 months ago

    This is standard procedure not a new thing!!

  • Richness 10 months ago

    This is a normal excersice even when going to Dubai you do these things during your transits. Don’t they have much more powerful scanning machines than Ghana . Stop these cheap talks. If you have traveled abroad before you ...
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  • Pelicles 10 months ago

    Why do we complain about everything, why? Those who do not want to abide by the rules, should attached butterfly wings behind them and fly to anywhere they want to go.

    Nkwaseasem saa. Footwear removal for screening is no ...
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  • SURVIVAL. 10 months ago

    Ghanaians can talk.This is usual routine going on at almost every airport around the world.

  • Kwame 10 months ago

    Nkwaseafo aba krom

  • MyBigMouth 10 months ago

    And why is this attracting a formal statement and media coverage? Basic flight ops and processes at the airport, which passengers must adhere to simplicita.

  • Yena 10 months ago

    GACL. - OK, but your floors are dust dirty ,please keep that area clean.

  • Nana Kwesi 10 months ago

    This is no new information. You travel all over the world and you need to remove your shoes, belt and anything in your pocket. Even in some.countries chains and bracelets are removed. Ghanaians we complain about everything fo ...
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  • Asikan 10 months ago

    Long overdue!

  • Asikan 10 months ago

    What took you,Ghanaians so long? People hide drugs in their shoes. Get with the program!

  • Mubaarak 10 months ago

    One of the worst airports

  • Kk 10 months ago

    This is normal in almost all airports with more cases of insecurity