Metal detector at Heathrow
(N.Z.PA.Reuter —Coppriphr) LONDON. I British Airways has in-1 troduced what is claimed to | ;be the world’s most ad- | vanced security system to! I Heathrow Airport, in Lon-i don. i Known as Rapidex, it defects metal and explosives,! ■and X-rays baggage in one 'screening operation. Airport spokesmen said! that it was fast, effective, and removed the need for 95; per cent of physical checking of passengers and bag-, gage. Rapidex involves a metal! detection gateway with adja-j ' cent equipment registering the presence of any metallic! 'substances carried by passengers. I
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 5
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