However, doubts were voiced by many MEPs on Wednesday about whether a scanner would actually have made any difference to whether the bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, would have been detected.
Vairāki deputāti tomēr pauda šaubas par to, vai skeneri būtu atmaskojuši 23 gadus veco Detroitas spridzinātāju Umaru Faruku Abdulu Mutallabu.