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BAA to introduce full-body scanners at UK's Heathrow
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-03 21:32
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 A computer screen image made using Millimeter Wave technology shows a person during a demonstration at the US Transporation Security Administration (TSA) Systems Integration Facility in Washington, December 30, 2009. The TSA demonstrated two advanced imaging technologies that are used to safely screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats including weapons, explosives and other objects concealed under layers of clothing without physical contact. [Agencies] |
LONDON: British airport operator BAA said on Sunday it would move quickly to install full-body scanners at London's Heathrow airport following the failed Christmas Day attack on a US-bound plane.
"Now that the government has given the go-ahead, we will introduce full-body scanners as soon as practical," a spokesman for BAA, owned by Spain's Ferrovial, told Reuters.
He said BAA, which operates six British airports, was just looking at introducing the scanners at Heathrow -- Europe's busiest airport by passenger numbers - at this stage.
