Body Scanners Introduced at UK’s Manchester Airport
February 1, 2010
Passengers flying through Manchester Airport in the North West of England may be body scanned as part of the airport’s routine security procedures.
Manchester has been trialling a Rapiscan Secure 1000 scanner in its Terminal 2 since October. It is one of two airports that have been directed by the UK Government to introduce the technology.
Additional scanners are planned in the airport’s Terminals 1 and 3 by the end of the month.
The introduction of the scanners follows the incident on an airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day.
Since that time the UK Government has been working closely with airport authorities to introduce additional security measures including introducing body scanners at airports.
Under the new rules, any passenger refusing to be body scanned will not be allowed to travel.
(Airwise)
The title of this article is misleading. One body scanner is being tested and one of the airport’s three terminals. Around 1% of its passengers are being scanned.