Security watchdog recommends scanners allowing gadgets inside hand baggage

Aviation security watchdog BCAS, on Wednesday, recommended the installation of scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports, whereby passengers will not be required to take out electronic devices from their hand baggage before going through the scanner.

Currently, the scanners used at airports provide a two-dimensional view of the objects inside the hand baggage.

Jaideep Prasad, Joint Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) said the regulator has proposed installing scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports that will provide a three-dimensional view of the objects in hand baggage.

"With such scanners, passengers will not be required to