Comments on: check-in, Israel and Cyprus http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/check-in-israel-and-cypress_134/ you get what you pay for Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:09:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven Murdoch http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/check-in-israel-and-cypress_134/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Steven Murdoch Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:13:09 +0000 http://www.saardrimer.com/wordpress/?p=134#comment-423 Berlin Schoenfeld airport had a similar scheme where they scanned luggage before it was checked in. Once they had done so, they put a tamper-evident tag on the handle of the bag. Though they clearly have no assurance that something prohibited is not put into the bag after scanning, My guess as to why they do this is so something that looks suspicious on X-ray can be inspected with the owner present, so avoiding breaking any lock. This means they can inspect far more suspicous objects without raising objections, and anything that is spotted on the second scan after check in can be looked at much more closely. Berlin Schoenfeld airport had a similar scheme where they scanned luggage before it was checked in. Once they had done so, they put a tamper-evident tag on the handle of the bag. Though they clearly have no assurance that something prohibited is not put into the bag after scanning, My guess as to why they do this is so something that looks suspicious on X-ray can be inspected with the owner present, so avoiding breaking any lock. This means they can inspect far more suspicous objects without raising objections, and anything that is spotted on the second scan after check in can be looked at much more closely.

]]> By: Arik http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/check-in-israel-and-cypress_134/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Arik Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:29:27 +0000 http://www.saardrimer.com/wordpress/?p=134#comment-422 This is really fun. I once had a guy in New Delhi airport which after scanning my luggage (and deciding that a Tibetian bell I had was a jar of pickles) let me stand there with him for half an hour and even pointed out things on the screen and interpreted them for me. It's very easy to distinguish electronics, and organic material was purple on his machine. Metal thickness is also very easy to gauge from the color image. In the image you put, however low res it is, I can see he headsets, the shoes, the radio, the aerosole cans and something that looks like a telephone headset. There's also a hint of some clothes, but that's a longshot. -- Arik This is really fun. I once had a guy in New Delhi airport which after scanning my luggage (and deciding that a Tibetian bell I had was a jar of pickles) let me stand there with him for half an hour and even pointed out things on the screen and interpreted them for me.

It’s very easy to distinguish electronics, and organic material was purple on his machine. Metal thickness is also very easy to gauge from the color image. In the image you put, however low res it is, I can see he headsets, the shoes, the radio, the aerosole cans and something that looks like a telephone headset. There’s also a hint of some clothes, but that’s a longshot.

– Arik

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