BAA to introduce body scanners at Heathrow
04.01.10
BAA said yesterday that it will move quickly to install full-body scanners at Heathrow Airport after the failed Christmas Day bomb attack on a US-bound plane. A spokesman said: ‘Now that the Government has given the go-ahead, we will introduce full-body scanners as soon as practical.'
However, the spokesman added: 'It is our view that a combination of technology, intelligence and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defence against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation.'
The spokesman said BAA was only looking at introducing the scanners at Heathrow at this stage. He could not give a timetable for their introduction nor say how much the move would cost.
Meanwhile, the White House said yesterday that passengers travelling to the US from Nigeria and Yemen would be subject to stricter searches, as well as travellers from countries accused by the US of sponsoring terrorism, a list that covers Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.
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