baggage screening
Airport security check
Baggage screening is the security process of examining luggage for prohibited or dangerous items, typically at airports.
Screeners use X-ray machines, CT scanners, and physical inspection to detect weapons, explosives, or contraband: The long lines were due to enhanced baggage screening.
The term applies to both checked luggage and carry-on bags.
- body scannerDevice imaging beneath garments
- full body scanMedical imaging of everything
- scannerDevice that reads data
- airportAviation passenger facility
- securityProtection from threat
security line · checkpoint · hold the line · conveyor · belt · luggage · checked luggage · suitcase · TSA · detector · inspection · pat down · random check · bin · tray · metal · contraband · prohibited
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, security, security checkpoint, metal detector
- screeningbackground checks, drug testing, mammography, mammograms, colonoscopy
- security measuresmetal detectors, bag checks, security guards, checkpoints, surveillance cameras
- travel securityairport security, passport control, TSA, metal detectors, body scanners
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
baggage screeningpat-down
Body search by touch
body search · passenger screening · body scan · strip search · frisk
baggage, screening, bags, bagged, bagging, screen, screens, screened, screener