In-line baggage screening starts at airport

Chennai: International passengers no longer need queue up to scan their bags before check in as the airport has introduced in-line x-ray baggage scanning at the international terminal from Monday.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is implementing the system at Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Calicut and Srinagar. Chennai is the second airport to have in-line baggage scanning after Ahmedabad. The system has been introduced at a cost of Rs 12 crore.
The airport's scanning system has two in-line x-ray machines. Each line can handle 1,200 bags per hour, said a press release.
The bags will pass through four levels of detection and the screener will get five images of the same bag from different angles. Staff will monitor the bags from six workstations and another for supervisor will oversee the operations.
In-line baggage scanning was implemented after a month's trial and the screeners are trained and certified by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
01/06/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2011