Full body scanners to be installed at YYC
Posted Jan 5, 2010 10:16 am.
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Calgary International Airport will be installing full body scanners, as an extra security measure.
Transport Minister John Baird and Minister of State for Transport, Rob Merrifield, announced the plans on Tuesday to install 44 of the machines in major airports across Canada.
The equipment will be up and running within two months.
The move is part of an effort to strengthen security following an apparent attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a jetliner over Michigan, by igniting explosives sewn into his underwear.
The proposal has stirred controversy because the scanner produces a three-dimensional outline of a person’s naked body.
