indias busiest airports mumbai and delhi will soon test a new technology to scan handbags that does not require passengers to take out laptops and small bottles of liquid to be checked separately this 3dbased computed tomography ct scanner has already been tested at international hubs like new york jfk and london heathrow a senior central industrial security force cisf official said we have written to bureau of civil aviation security bcas directorgeneral for a trial of this machine at any airport of india one month back we will prefer to test this delhi or mumbai airport bcas dg kumar rajesh chandra said i will review the same on monday and a decision will be taken shortlythe staterun airports authority of india had recently told toi it had been approached by an original equipment manufacturer of this system to test the same at airports here once tested and approved by bcas the machine could be installed at airports in india too given the acute airport infra crunch in india the use of technology to speed up passenger throughput is becoming vitalthe us transportation security administration tsa describes ct as the latest checkpoint xray scanning equipment to enhance threat detection capabilities for carryon baggagethe machines create such a clear picture of a bags contents that computers can automatically detect explosives including liquids in the future the goal is to keep laptops and liquids inside the bag during checkpoint screeningtsa plans to have several units within the next few months at american airportslondon heathrow also tested the system recently