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04/01/2010
Greater Air Security Sanctioned
The British government has vowed to introduce full body scanners at all major UK airports, following an attempted terrorist attack on-board a US flight last week.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's pledge came amid heightened security at all American air terminals.
BAA said it will install the stringent scanners at Heathrow "as soon as is practical".
However, security experts have questioned the system's capability to detecting the type of materials used during the Christmas Day incident above Detroit.
US officials have stepped-up safety procedures when dealing with nationals from countries it believes endorse terror groups.
Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, of Nigerian origin, is currently in custody accused to attempting to blow up the US-bound plane during its descent.
The Prime Minister said travellers could expect to see the "gradual" reintroduction of body scanners and more thorough hand luggage checks at British airports.
He said all passengers would undergo the checks.
At present not all airport users are asked to pass through body scanners.
A BAA spokesman said it was undecided how the new procedures would change current protocol.
"It is our view that a combination of technology, intelligences and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defence against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation," he said.
According to reports, people flying from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Cuba will have pat-down body searches and have hand-held baggage searched.
Full body scanners, which cost in the region of £80,000, produce "naked" images of passengers, removing the need for "pat down" searches.
(PR/GK)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's pledge came amid heightened security at all American air terminals.
BAA said it will install the stringent scanners at Heathrow "as soon as is practical".
However, security experts have questioned the system's capability to detecting the type of materials used during the Christmas Day incident above Detroit.
US officials have stepped-up safety procedures when dealing with nationals from countries it believes endorse terror groups.
Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, of Nigerian origin, is currently in custody accused to attempting to blow up the US-bound plane during its descent.
The Prime Minister said travellers could expect to see the "gradual" reintroduction of body scanners and more thorough hand luggage checks at British airports.
He said all passengers would undergo the checks.
At present not all airport users are asked to pass through body scanners.
A BAA spokesman said it was undecided how the new procedures would change current protocol.
"It is our view that a combination of technology, intelligences and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defence against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation," he said.
According to reports, people flying from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Cuba will have pat-down body searches and have hand-held baggage searched.
Full body scanners, which cost in the region of £80,000, produce "naked" images of passengers, removing the need for "pat down" searches.
(PR/GK)
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Legal Concerns Over Body Scanners
Full-body security scanners at major British airports could break the law, Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned. Calling for immediate action on policy, the Commission wrote to Transport Secretary Lord Adonis detailing its legal argument.
Legal Concerns Over Body Scanners
Full-body security scanners at major British airports could break the law, Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned. Calling for immediate action on policy, the Commission wrote to Transport Secretary Lord Adonis detailing its legal argument.
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British troops fighting in the frontline are to receive new body armour and helmets this autumn, it has been announced. Over 10,000 sets of the enhanced Mark 7 helmet and the Osprey Assault body armour have been ordered from companies across the UK, under initial contracts worth around £16 million.
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