New liquids scanners being tested
12.11.10
A new device to detect certain types of explosives has been installed at Glasgow Airport. Cascade Technologies, which specialises in gas-detection technology, has installed the devices at the hub as part of a trial.
The scanners are intended to find improvised explosive devices and homemade explosives, making travelling a safer experience. They are part of a series of measures to be introduced prior to the hand luggage liquids ban being lifted.
They use quantum cascade lasers, in an airport security setting. A spokesman for the company said: ‘This is predominantly a data gathering exercise to aid development of the system. There is no real pass / fail flag that will be raised as a result of the trial.'
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