BCAS, an organisation that monitors aviation security, has advised installing computer tomography-based scanners at airports so that travellers won’t have to remove their equipment before passing through the same scanner.
Currently, airport scanners only provide a two-dimensional image of an item inside a handbag. can view the items inside a handbag in 3D. Passengers must remove their gadgets from their baggage and place them in a special tray so that a 3D image of them may be taken for the security scan. This includes computers, chargers, mobile devices, etc.
The agency has recommended placing scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports that will provide a three-dimensional view of the object in hand baggage, according to Jaideep Prasad, Joint Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
Passengers will not need to remove their electronic gadgets from hand luggage before travelling through the scanner with such scanners, he told PTI.
The installation of such scanners is anticipated to aid in accelerating airport security checkpoint processing times. The guidelines’ exact details couldn’t be determined right away. The ministry of civil aviation oversees BCAS.
Recent weeks have seen complaints about traffic jams and protracted wait times at numerous airports, particularly the one serving the national capital. The congestion has decreased as a result of the steps implemented by the authorities.
