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| April 7, 2012 | New scanner in Europe airports to be installed owing to security concerns | | London: Britain's Department for Transport is likely to approve installation of a new generation of airport scanners, which would lift the ban on carrying liquids by
passengers. These scanners, having the capability of scanning liquids, have already
been tested at a number of airports as part of trials, coordinated by the European
Commission's Liquids Working Group. According to The Telegraph, the Department
for Transport spokesman confirmed that it had already approved the devices and
it was working with the European Union to meet the new deadline for their installation.
There are already over 200 scanners deployed at UK airports, including around
80 at Heathrow Airport , which will be brought into use once approved. The scanners
that will be installed at the airports are Insight 100 and aTix. Insight 100,
produced by Cobalt Light Systems, is capable of scanning bottles for explosive
in less than 10 seconds, and the aTix, which uses x-Ray technology to scan a bottle
and its contents. It was also capable of identifying a potentially dangerous liquid
within seconds from its chemical make up. Although passengers will still have
to remove bottles from their cabin luggage for inspection, they will no longer
be banned from carrying containers of fluid larger than 100ml. A complete ban
on carrying liquids onto an aircraft was introduced in August 2006 after a terrorist
plotted to blast transatlantic aircraft, by mixing the liquid components of a
bomb on board, was thwarted. The passengers will further get good news of not
requiring to remove laptops from hand luggage for inspection, one of the main
causes of security delays. However, the Transportation Security Administration
in the United States is pushing for the restriction to be eased, with the European
Union expected to follow suit.
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