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03/09/07

What are you views on the Haethrow Backscatter x-ray?

Permalink 08:11:34 am, Categories: Heathrow Airport  

Picking up on the deployment of the Rapiscan at London Heathrow Airport according to the Ponderlings blog around 94% of people are opting for the the Rapiscan in preference to the pat down:

Apparently this hyper sensitive, shameless X-ray machine has been used in airports since 2002. It allows security officials to look through the clothing of airline passengers for non-metal weapons. Measures have been made in the United States for a more "private" image which is, according to the report, nothing more than a chalkline image. In London's Heathrow Airport, it is apparently far less modest, however 94% opted for the x-ray rather than a pat down.

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