Detroit terror attack: delay over airport X-ray scanners 'risking lives'
"Ministers have been accused of putting lives at risk by failing to order X-ray style body scanners at British airports despite fears that al-Qaeda is planning a wave of syringe bomb attacks on planes.
The scanners, which could have thwarted the attack by the Detroit bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, are already in use in countries including America and Germany, and on Wednesday the Netherlands and Nigeria announced they would follow suit.
But the Government said it had “no immediate plans” to deploy them, leading to accusations that ministers had been “caught napping”.
The Daily Telegraph has learned that four of the £100,000 full body scanners are in storage at Heathrow Airport, following a previous trial, but airport staff are not authorised to use them."
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The scanners, which could have thwarted the attack by the Detroit bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, are already in use in countries including America and Germany, and on Wednesday the Netherlands and Nigeria announced they would follow suit.
But the Government said it had “no immediate plans” to deploy them, leading to accusations that ministers had been “caught napping”.
The Daily Telegraph has learned that four of the £100,000 full body scanners are in storage at Heathrow Airport, following a previous trial, but airport staff are not authorised to use them."
Read on...