In a new attempt to curb terrorism on airplanes and in airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that they plan on making full body scanners mandatory. The full body scanners, which produce an image and show any object carried by an individual, are already in use at several airports across the country.
One of the largest concerns regarding flying and traveling for many individuals is the threat of terrorism and suicide bombers. After 911 and various other terrorist attempts, the TSA finally feels that the full body scanners will be a huge deterrent in preventing future attacks.
While 21 airports across the country have already purchased at least one full body scanner, some are concerned that the cost of installing the body scanners will prevent many airports from getting one. The scanners that are approved for use by the TSA will cost anywhere between $130,000 and $170,000. Despite the cost, the TSA has planned on sending more of the machines to airports across the country...
Preflight Body Scans Will Eventually Be Mandatory In The U.S., TSA Official Says
CHICAGO - All airline passengers in the U.S. will eventually be required to undergo a full-body scan before boarding planes, just as metal detectors became a standard and accepted part of the screening process at airports decades ago, the federal transportation security chief in Chicago said Monday.
As a body-scanning machine was used to screen passengers for the first time on Monday at O’Hare International Airport, federal and city officials said they expect the airport will receive more body-imaging technology later this year to help address one of the biggest terrorism threats to commercial aviation -- suicide bombers on planes.
The Transportation Security Administration plans to send hundreds of the scanners, which cost between $130,000 and $170,000 US each, to all major U.S. airports. The scanners use low-dose X-ray to go underneath clothing and display weapons, explosives and other objects that might be hidden on the body, above the skin...
Body Scanning Starts At KCI Next Week
Airline passengers departing Kansas City International Airport will start being funneled through body scanners next week.
Federal authorities announced the start time this morning while running local media through the new security initiative at KCI. A specific day was not announced.
The scanners are optional. Airline passengers can still choose to go through a metal detector but will be subject to a pat-down, which can take a couple minutes longer...
Body Scanning Arrives At KCI
Pepsi or Coke?
Paper or plastic?
Ketchup or mustard?
Now some Kansas City airline passengers will be confronted with a new choice.
Body scan or pat-down?
Starting next week, security screeners will run air travelers through a body scanner at Kansas City International Airport.
The scan is optional. But be warned that a frisking might not only cause more anxiety, but could cost you valuable minutes racing to your flight.
The choice is easy for Christy Hogan of Olathe.
“I don’t want people touching me,” Hogan said as she waited Tuesday at a security checkpoint. “I’d rather go through a machine and be done with it.”
Others were more dubious, especially about the health implications of being exposed to low-level X-ray beams.
“What does it do to you long term? I want to know what the results are,” said Linda Atkinson of Albuquerque, N.M...
Full Body Scanner Demonstration At O'Hare
March 14, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The first of those controversial scanners has been installed at O'Hare.
It went in at United's Terminal One.
Monday, workers with the Transportation Security Administration will demonstrate how the scanner's advanced imaging technology works.
Last week, the city's aviation commissioner, Rosemarie Andolino, wouldn't say when it would be operational. She said it was up to the TSA, which still had to test the machines and train workers to use them.
"The TSA is working through their training right now so they can fully execute this in a manner that adheres to the safety we need and continue to provide at our airports, as well as acknowledging the inconvenience to the customers," said Andolino.
To protect customers' privacy, the person seeing the image will not be able to see the person going through the scanner.
