US: Newark to get 17 ‘automated’ screening lanes this fall
New York Newark International Airport (EWR) will become the sixth major US airport to have what the TSA is calling “automated” screening lanes installed. TSA said it will deploy 17 of the of the revamped security screening lanes at EWR in conjunction with United Airlines this fall. TSA already is operating the new screening lanes, which it says increase passenger throughput by 30%, in Atlanta and previously had announced plans to deploy the lanes at Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles LAX and Miami airports in the autumn. The new screening lanes still require agents to inspect X-ray images of bags and manually inspect bags if an image is suspect. The “automation” lies in the conveyor system that feeds bags through X-ray machines without being pushed by passengers and diverts a bag if it requires manual inspection. <br/>
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US: Newark to get 17 ‘automated’ screening lanes this fall
New York Newark International Airport (EWR) will become the sixth major US airport to have what the TSA is calling “automated” screening lanes installed. TSA said it will deploy 17 of the of the revamped security screening lanes at EWR in conjunction with United Airlines this fall. TSA already is operating the new screening lanes, which it says increase passenger throughput by 30%, in Atlanta and previously had announced plans to deploy the lanes at Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles LAX and Miami airports in the autumn. The new screening lanes still require agents to inspect X-ray images of bags and manually inspect bags if an image is suspect. The “automation” lies in the conveyor system that feeds bags through X-ray machines without being pushed by passengers and diverts a bag if it requires manual inspection. <br/>
