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According to German police airport body scanners are useless

Berlin, Germany - After a trial period of 10 months

After a 10 months trial at the airport of Hamburg, the German press reported on July 30 the news that the police would have said that US manufacturer body scanners L3 Communications would be overly sensitive, triggering the alarm about 7 out of 10 without reason (according to official data, in 35% of the cases on 730,000 passengers checked). This model of scanner, introduced in the United States...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1132479
Rome, Italy, 08/01/2011 11:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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