Real-time trials of full-body scanner begin at Delhi Airport
New Delhi [India], June 28: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has started a new initiative of trials of the full-body scanner at Terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said, the new real time trial is a Millimeter-Wave based scanner, which was found to be accurate and has medical approvals regarding health risks, and completely answers privacy issues.
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The official statement of DIAL further added that this is in line with the directive of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
In an official statement released by DIAL, it mentioned that a full-body scanner is a device that detects objects, without making physical contact or breaching the privacy of passengers. Unlike metal detectors, full-body scanners can detect non-metal objects, which are hard to detect with the conventional door frame metal detector (DFMD).
DIAL has installed a full-body scanner at the security check area for trials. The trials would be conducted on a real-time basis i.e., passengers would have to pass through it during their security check before moving to the security hold area.
The real-time trials will be continuously carried out for 45 to 60 days. During this period, feedback of all the stakeholders - the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the airport operator DIAL, and passengers -would be taken, examined, and evaluated.
The new advanced scanner installed at Delhi Airport is a Millimeter-Wave based scanner, which was found to be accurate and has medical approvals regarding health risks, and completely answers privacy issues. By scanning passengers at the airport, one can reveal anything hidden beneath their clothes and thus reduce the number of random pat-downs and strip searches. This saves personnel from an uncomfortable situation and speeds up security checks.
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The door-frame metal detectors would remain in place for special category passengers like those who are wheelchair-bound or those who cannot physically pass through the full-body scanners.
-PTC News
