NCJ Number
177183
Journal
Security Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Dated: February 1999 Pages: 10-12
Date Published
1999
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article describes the first US airport facility to screen 100 percent of bags for explosives.
Abstract
Terminal One, located at JFK International Airport, was 4 years in the planning and was designed and built with security in mind. When it opened on May 28, 1998, it became the first on US soil to screen 100 percent of bags for explosives. Owned and operated by a consortium of four foreign carriers -- Air France, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, and Korean Air -- Terminal One handles exclusively international flights. The article describes the four-level system that screens all hold baggage. Terminal One also uses automated explosive detection systems for carry-on bags. Passengers go through the familiar carry-on checkpoints, but the machines are designed to look for both metal and explosives, alerting an operator if they find anything in a bag that might be suspect.