CISF Changes Airport Security Procedure, You May Now Have To Face Longer Queues

Soon, you may have to wait longer to complete the security check in Indian airports with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) looking at implementing more stringent norms, reports The Economic Times. To avoid a security breach, the security agency will take extra precautionary measures.

Passengers will now have to place all phones, wallets, pens, and chargers into a separate basket along with laptops during the process. CISF will also look at “oddly-shaped” pens with extra caution amid concerns that they may contain hidden knives.

The pre-embarkation security check (PESC) as it is known is usually the most time consuming section during boarding of a flight.

CISF says that while aviation traffic has shot up by 65 per cent over the last few years resulting in heavy peak hour congestion, their staffing and manpower has not changed, putting them under undue stress.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is considering using three dimensional tomography to check baggage during the scanning process on the lines of scanning procedures in the United States. Last month, The Verge reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was using computed tomography (CT) scanners, that are similar to those used in medical diagnostics at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York.