Bangkok rescan
Body scanners get a redo at Suvarnabhumi Airport without the invasive features in a bid to improve security.
Tucked away almost unnoticed by typical flyers in the five checkpoints of international transfer areas at Suvarnabhumi Airport are cubicles with grey metal frames and see-through plastic panels all around.
Above, the control panel of a body scanner shows generic human figures.AoTacting president Nirandra Theeranartsin tests the ProVision ATD at Suvarnabhumi. The state-run airport company is looking for better methods to catch terrorists and drug traffickers.
The contentious body scanners have made a return visit to one of Asia's busiest airports, but without the privacy-invasive features of the previous version that had passengers, particularly female ones, crying foul.
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- Writer: Boonsong Kositchotethana
- Position: Deputy Editor Business
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