Britain Seeks New Ways to Detect Explosives in Airports

Britain Seeks New Ways to Detect Explosives in Airports
A security official looks at a screen displaying X-ray screened parcels in Turkish Post's (PTT) postal logistic centre at the Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 6, 2010. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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LONDON—Britain launched a fund on Friday to support new technology to screen hand-luggage in airports in a bid to detect concealed explosives without passengers having to remove electrical items from their bags.

The Department for Transport said 3 million pounds (US$3.9 million) would be made available to support innovation in the detection of hidden explosives, as well as new methods to recognize when electrical items had been tampered with.