Edinburgh Airport has ordered eight new passenger check-in baggage scanners, which should eliminate the requirement to remove electronic devices, liquids and gels from hand luggage, allowing up to two litres of liquid to be carried onto a plane.
Smiths Detection’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX is a computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanner, which delivers quicker baggage assessment and low false-alarm rates of automatically identified threats. The machines provide a more detailed analysis of bag content, allowing security operators to easily spot items that shouldn’t be there.
Smiths Detection’s head of market Andy Evripides said: “The system provides higher levels of safety and security, leading to a significantly improved passenger experience by allowing them to pass through security with less hassle and the need to unpack and repack their hand luggage.
