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The Spanish Civil Guard deploy the National Unit of Flight Safety Escorts (Air Marshalls)

The Spanish Civil Guard has presented the National Flight Security Escort Unit (UNESEV), internationally known as Air Marshalls, which has previously carried out several flights and will deploy all capacities in Spanish aircraft, both domestic and international flights, in order to give a police response in case of threats.

The UNESEV has been presented on the occasion of the meeting of the International Committee of Flight Safety Agents, which is being held in Palma de Mallorca on October 19- 20, under the Canadian presidency of the committee, the delegations of Germany, Australia, Austria, Holland, India, Israel, Czech Republic, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam and Spain. In the Committee, they will address and debate, among others, issues related to intelligence, interoperability, detection of abnormal behavior and treatment of conflicting passengers.

UNESEV

On the occasion of the last NATO summit, the creation of the Unesev (National Unit of Flight Security Escorts of the Civil Guard) was established, which, for the first time in our country, has deployed this police capacity in Spanish aircraft. It should be noted that the training of the Flight Safety Escorts (ESV), requires great specialization and includes, in addition to a very good preparation in personal defense, a demanding training in operational intervention tactics, as well as solid knowledge of the aeronautical environment, of behavior analysis, negotiation, first aid and a good level of English. In the European context, the Prüm Convention regulates the ESV figure; It also establishes the need to designate a National Contact Point. In Spain, in its capacity as responsible for both arms control and airport custody, the Civil Guard has been acting since 2004 as the National Contact Point for these tasks.In this regard, it should be noted that over the last five years the Civil Guard airport units at the Madrid and Barcelona airports have coordinated and received an average of 7,500 ESV.

International Flight Safety Officers Committee (IIFSOC)

In July of this year, the International Committee of Flight Safety Agents (IIFSOC) unanimously approved the Spanish candidacy, presented in Sydney a month earlier, and the UNESEV of the Civil Guard became part of that forum.On the occasion of the celebration of the autumn meeting of the IIFSOC in Palma de Mallorca, it consolidates the Civil Guard as a member of reference in that international committee. For three days, the delegations from Canada, Germany, Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, India, Israel, the Czech Republic, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam and Spain, represented by the UNESEV of the Civil Guard, will address and debate, among others, issues related to intelligence, interoperability, detection of anomalous behavior and treatment of conflicting passengers.During the inauguration of this meeting in Palma de Mallorca, the Government Delegate in the Balearic Islands, Aina Calvo, stressed that greater security on flights arriving and departing from our islands will result in a better service for tourists who each year decide visit us from all corners of the world.For his part, the Civil Guard’s Deputy Director of Operations, Lieutenant General Pablo Salas, has indicated that the Civil Guard’s National Flight Safety Escort Unit constitutes the culmination of a demanding training process that has allowed us, for the first time Once in Spain, provide flight safety services on national flag aircraft, both on domestic and international routes.