Next generation of airport security to take off soon

Mumbai: Airport security in India will go beyond X-ray machines, CCTVs, perimeter patrolling and sniffer dogs. Liquid screeners and radiation detection devices will be part of the security infrastructure in major airports of the country.
“The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has already identified some of the new and emerging threats as attacks with biological, chemical and nuclear material weapons (BCN) and our airports should be ready to meet such threats," said P Mohanan, former ICAO aviation security auditor.
He will deliver a lecture on the evolving threats in civil aviation and latest technology in the Third Annual World Class Airports Conference to be held in Dubai later this month.
The significant addition to airport security in the near future would be equipment based on Liquid Screening Technology (LST) which could change the way air passengers pack their handbags.
While using a Liquid Explosive Detector, the suspected liquid item needs to be removed from the bag for inspection. But an LST works on the agnetic resonance imaging principle, and can detect an explosive liquid inside the bag.
29/11/09 Manju V/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009, Safety Nov 2009