NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The climate is shifting which suggests the vacation season is upon us. With that comes journey and the Transportation Safety Administration on the Louis Armstrong airport is getting ready for the inflow of passengers.
To reinforce safety, TSA officers mentioned they’re putting in 11 new automated screening lanes with computed Tomography scanners on the airport checkpoint.
This may lower the period of time vacationers spend within the safety screening course of.
Set up of the lanes started months in the past, in accordance with TSA officers and is ongoing.
“As soon as full, the brand new gear will enable for 2 further lanes throughout the busy Tremendous Bowl departures interval, bringing the whole from 15 to 17 lanes,” mentioned MSY officers.
The scanners will present a transparent 3-D picture of what’s in a passenger’s bag and physique cavity.
“The ASLs embrace a number of new options comparable to a number of passengers can place their carry-ons into bins on the similar time and empty bins velocity their very own approach again routinely to the subsequent set of passengers,” mentioned MSY officers.
They add that the brand new gear may even assist with the uptick in journey quantity for occasions comparable to Tremendous Bowl LIX set to occur on the Caesars Superdome in 2025.
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