Full-body scanners at airports likely for secondary checks

New Delhi: Full-body passenger scanners at airports, a proposal which is under the consideration of Central security agencies, is likely to be a only secondary medium of checking and for those people with "suspicious identities".
The controversial security apparatus is capable of scanning through a person's clothes and has been introduced in certain western countries including the US.
Official sources said India had introduced such a device in 2007 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on a two-month trial basis.
"It was just a trial in 2007. It has been a long mooted proposal and is now under serious consideration after the North-Western airline incident," a government source said.
08/03/10 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010