Airport security to be beefed up

Beijing Capital International Airport is building double fences around the complex and installing high-tech devices to thwart terrorists during the Olympic Games.

The fences will add up to 34.8 km, roughly the length of Beijing's Second Ring Road, and will prevent terrorists from breaking onto the runways, taxying area and control towers, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on its website yesterday.

Covert police booths will be built along the fences to look for trespassers, and steel barriers will be put on manholes that lead to sewers running under the flying area, it said.