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Posted on: February 23rd, 2010 by Trevor Lloyd
It now seems that even more airports are thinking about making the switch to full body scanners. This news comes as Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France says that it will be testing this new security technology for three months.
Apparently France has started to use these full body security scanners for United States-bound passengers. The decision to try out these new scanners for three months was prompted by security concerns after a man allegedly tried to ignite explosives that was hidden in his underwear on a United States-bound flight. Although the man failed to ignite the bomb, officials are worried that the man was able to board the plane in the first place with the bomb.
The scanners will be used to help detect forbidden objects that could be hidden in passengers’ clothing. Although there was a lot of concerns about these full body scanners in the beginning, it now seems that most countries are going to use them anyway. When they were first introduced in the UK, children were not allowed to pass through them, because people felt that the scanners violated child protection laws. However, now all passengers are able to pass though these scanners in most places, and any passenger that refuses is not allowed to board his or her plane.
The reaction to these scanners varies from one passenger to the next. Some people say that the scanners are practical and fast. However, others are worried about the potential harmful effects that the scanners may have. The director of France’s civil aviation authority, Partrick Gandil, said that there is no danger in using the scanners at all.