No Physical Frisking At Airports, MPs Demand

Indian parliamentarians want private airport developers to install the latest scanning machines so that passengers are not subjected to the 'unpleasant' and 'often embarrassing' ordeal of physical frisking.
Members of the consultative committee on civil aviation headed by minister Praful Patel met Wednesday and said they had 'serious reservations' about physical frisking, informed sources said.
'You have privatised airports; so why can't airport developers install modern equipment to avoid this?' Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Congress MP from Nizamabad, reportedly asked.
Yaskhi is believed to have pointed out that no other airport in the world uses the hand-held scanner anymore.
08/05/08 News Post India

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Categories: Airports May 2008, Safety May 2008