New Security Lanes At LAX Could Help You Bypass The Slowpokes
Ever wished the security screen and inspection process at the airport would be fast and automated?
If you are worried about missing your next business flights or having that slowpoke on the way. There is a good news.
Early this year, Los Angeles International Airport introduced two “innovative lanes” with a goal of speeding up the security screening process and reducing the number of missed flights.
In other words, you can be at the airport as early as you want without feeling any hitch in delay or having a person eating bits of your time on the line.
Los Angeles International Airport opened its first two “Innovation lanes” with a goal to speed up security screen up to 30%..
The new lanes take 5 passengers at the time. Once in the lane, the passengers have to put their luggages or bag in a bin for screening rather than the traditional single-file line.
In other words, you won’t be thwarted in the line by the slow passengers. The new lanes come with a conveyor system that automates and diverts bags in need of secondary screen without halting the line. It also separates and flags bags with weapons from those with oversized containers like shampoo or any other container.
What’s more, the system takes photos of each luggage’s exterior that is linked to an X-ray of its content and gives it a unique radiofrequency identification tag on its bin.This makes it easier for agents to track the bags for passengers. More importantly, it keeps the passenger’s bag safe from loss, damage and theft.
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parallel conveyor belt that automatically brings empty bins back to serve passengers on the line. This is similar to the ball return at a bowling alley. In a nutshell,these game game changing security including the following innovations:
- Stainless steel countertops that makes it easy for passengers to place their luggages in bins concurrently
- Automated conveyor belts which drags bins into the x-ray machines, and returns them into the queue to for use by other passengers.
- An alarm warning of a potential threat in case a luggage or bag carries prohibited items in the airport. The bags are pushed aside for additional screening without interrupting the process.
- Luggages that are 25% larger than the bins in standard screening lanes that are large enough to hold roller bags
- There is a Unique Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) tags attached to each bin to enhance extra accountability of a traveler’s items as they go through the airport security process
- Cameras that take images of your luggage at each bin and shows X-rays image of the luggage’s content
According to the TSA, the system has cut down the passengers time by 30%. United airlines report a 100% improvement with the current automated lines since it was installed in Los Angeles.
Other airports in other states are planning to introduce the same lanes in their airports to automate the security screening process. The long lines which topped two hours at a time, will now take 5 minutes making it easier for passengers to board the plane fast.
United airlines expect to open more automated lanes in O’Hare and Newark Liberty International Airport. Other airports that plans opening automated lanes includes the Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.
They will begin computerized tomography or CT scanners in Phoenix that will not only help with screening, but also allows laptops and other liquids be inspected while on the carry-on bags.