Bhubaneswar Airport to Have Body Scanning Devices Soon
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) will have body scanning devices soon in order to check gold and ammunition smuggling through airports. The body scanners will be installed soon at airport as per order by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The body scanning device will be made mandatory at all the other airports [...]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) will have body scanning devices soon in order to check gold and ammunition smuggling through airports.
The body scanners will be installed soon at airport as per order by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
The body scanning device will be made mandatory at all the other airports in two years, replacing existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanners.
The body scanners will be made mandatory at all the major airports within a year, said BCAS.
As per reports, of around 105 operational airports in the country at present, 28 are classified as hypersensitive and 56 airports are categorized as sensitive.
While hypersensitive and sensitive airports will install body scanners in first phase, the device will be installed at Bhubaneswar Airport accordingly.
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