TSA: Body scanners were tested at Kennedy in 2008
Quick ReadBody scanners were given a test run at Kennedy Airport in the summer of 2008, federal authorities said.
Photo credit: AP | Undated file photo of a body screening machine at an airport.
The same type of equipment that is now the focus of tighter airport security measures after the Christmas Day plane bombing attempt over Detroit was given a test run at Kennedy Airport in the summer of 2008, federal authorities said.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration began using millimeter wave body scanners at randomly selected airports, including Kennedy, to test...
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