New Security Gadgets Installed At Airports

  

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Tuesday it has installed modern security equipment at the nation’s airports to improve safety and security.

“The Authority has already installed seven brand new X-ray scanning machines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, five at the cargo basement of the international terminal, one at the Hajj and Cargo terminal and another at the airport’s domestic terminal 1,” said Yakubu Dati, FAAN’s image maker.

Dati said all the other airports in the country are also benefiting from the installation of these new scanning machines, which include cargo screening machines, carry-on screening machines, hand-held metal detectors, 3-D body scanners, hold baggage screening machines and walk-through metal detectors.

“These scanners will help to ensure increased security surveillance of outgoing baggage destined for aircraft bulk hold. This is in addition to the CCTV cameras installed within the airports, which will ensure that illegal or unapproved luggage are not loaded onto the aircraft. It will also help check pilfering of luggage,” Dati said.

He said the provision of these new security equipment was also necessitated by the expansion and remodelling of airports, the structural designs of which were altered.