Security breach at major NSW airport
Not so secure ... the back of the gate to the general aviation entrance at Dubbo City Airport with the visibly PIN code. Source: Supplied
SECURITY at one of the state's major regional airports is under scrutiny after a secure entrance to Dubbo airport was found to have a secret PIN code posted clearly on a gate.
Federal Government officials will next week review security at the airport in the state's Central West after The Daily Telegraph alerted authorities to the blatant breach of security.
A photograph of the secure entrance showed the code written on a piece of paper taped to the gate.
The note, headlined "Gate Access Code", revealed the code and advised people to "please touch pad softly" and "remember code to re-enter".
A reader spotted the code posted on the back of the general aviation entrance gate at the airport.
The reader said anyone with a mirror or a camera phone could get the PIN.
A spokesman for Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said the posting of access codes on the gate was "not acceptable".
"We expect the urgent implementation of better arrangements," he said.
Dubbo City Regional Airport is owned by Dubbo City Council.
Corporate development director Megan Dixon said the access code was changed on Tuesday after the airport was made aware of the potential for a security breach.
She said the PIN code was signposted on the gate to allow "itinerant airport workers who have security clearance to use this gate".
"We had a security audit last year, which we passed. The department is coming out to do another inspection of the site next week, and we'll do whatever is required of us," she said.
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