In-line Solution for Jacksonville International Airport
Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) -- a sprawling complex that handles some 200 flights a day and five million passengers a year -- is now a showcase for a state-of-the-art, behind the scenes baggage security screening operation.
Served by more than a dozen major airlines and a network
of regional carriers, JIA built an "in-line" screening
system to meet the government deadline of screening 100
percent checked baggage for explosives by the end of December
2002. On-site training and testing has been
conducted
on the system – which is tucked out of sight in the area
where bags are sorted for various flights.
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The in-line baggage screening program consolidates all checked baggage onto a single conveyor system. Those bags are then processed through “in-line” model CTX 9000 DSi explosive detection systems (EDS) manufactured by InVision Technologies Corp. that are integrated into the current baggage system. Once bags are screened and cleared, they are redistributed through a series of electronic bar code readers to the appropriate airline baggage piers and delivered to the aircraft.
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This allows passengers traveling through JIA to check their bags curbside or at the ticket counters as they always have, while the entire baggage screening process occurs out of sight, thus reducing the travel "hassle" factor.
Boeing’s Homeland Security & Services
airport security team, under contract to the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), installed
explosives
detection machines at 429 U.S. commercial airports.
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Boeing Trains Baggage Screeners
at Tampa International Airport
Transportation Security Administration officials at
Tampa International Airport (TIA) recently showcased
the training that federal checked baggage screeners
receive to operate the high-tech machines that are
now screening luggage for bombs and other explosives
at TIA and other airports around the nation.
Trained by Boeing Homeland Security & Services
group and its subcontractor AIS, the baggage screeners
receive 44 hours of classroom and hands-on instruction,
followed by 60 hours of on-the-job training, resulting
in a more professional approach to baggage screening
that includes a higher level of customer service.
Boeing-AIS will train more than 21,000 screeners at
airports around the country.
When the system is fully operational at TIA, screeners
will electronically peer at more than 45,000 pieces
of luggage a day, using the large explosive detection
system (EDS) machines and smaller explosives trace
detection (ETD) machines that check for minute traces
of explosives.
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ETD
machine in use
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TSA
screeners demonstrate an EDS machine
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Grand Rapids, MI, First to Screen 100% Checked Baggage
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) selected
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GFIA) in Grand Rapids,
MI to be the first U.S. airport to screen 100% of checked
baggage using explosive detection systems (EDS) and explosives
trace detection (ETD) equipment.
Grand Rapids is the second busiest commercial airport in
Michigan, with more than 5,000 travelers passing through
it each day. The airport is served by 12 passenger airlines
with 150 daily scheduled non-stop flights to and from 15
major market destinations.
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Several EDS screening machines have been installed
in the airport’s ticketing lobby. The machines are
model CTX 5500DS systems, manufactured by InVision
Technologies, Inc. of Newark, California. The CTX 5500 DS
uses technology derived from medical Computed Tomography
(CT) to quickly locate and identify explosive devices concealed
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In addition, ETD machines have
also been installed to check baggage for trace explosives.
The ETDs are the IONSCAN® Model 400B manufactured
by Smith's Detection. The IONSCAN® Model 400B
provides the capability of detecting trace amounts
of more than 40 explosive or narcotic substances in
a quick 8 second analysis.
On Aug. 27, GFIA became the first airport in the nation
to have both federal passenger and baggage screeners.
GFIA is now fully compliant with federal law regarding
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