An airport in Manchester, which was the only one in Britain to be using
X-ray security scanners that reveal "nude" images of passengers, has
been asked by the European Union (EU) to stop using them.
The
gizmos sparked fears that travellers might be ogled by staff after
Manchester airport installed them in 2009, The Sun reported.
A three-year trial of the devices- that use low-dose X-rays to see through clothes- ends next month.
The
report said airport officials had expected to get the nod to keep using
them after EU experts said the machines were safe. However, the
technology was outlawed instead.
The airport would now hire 55
staff to frisk passengers. It would spend around one million pounds on
new scanners that use radio waves.
"The overwhelming majority of
our passengers prefer body scanners to frisking. It's frustrating the EU
has allowed this successful trial to end," an airport spokesman was
quoted as saying.
