$400M modern screening equipment commissioned at CJIA
Modern screening equipment to the tune of $400 million was on Saturday commissioned at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
The pieces of equipment commissioned were a CTX 5800 Checked Luggage Scanner, which cost $290 million; two Smiths HI-SCAN 6040-2is Hand Luggage Scanner ($64 million): two Rapiscan 620 Dual View Hand Luggage Scanner ($36 million); one IONSCAN 600 Portable Explosive and Narcotics Trace Detector ($15 million); one L3 Pro Vision Scanner and two Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV).
The CTX 5800 Checked Luggage Scanner
The pieces of equipment have built-in state-of-the-art technologies and were funded by the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation with support from the Government, a statement from CJIA on Saturday stated, adding that the new scanners will help detect threats to civil aviation quickly and aid law enforcement in our fight against narco-trafficking at our main port of entry.
“The new machines have automatic detection capabilities and will allow the screener to manipulate and further examine anomalies detected in passenger luggage. Two of the new screening equipment will be deployed at the passenger in-transit and staff screening points,” the CJIA said.
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill; Member of Parliament Sanjeev Datadin and CEO of CJIA Ramesh Ghir commissioning the Pro Vision Scanner
According to the airport authority, in-transit passengers will no longer have to clear arrivals immigration and be escorted to the departure terminal to board their connecting flights. These passengers will enter directly into the departures lounge after being screened at the in-transit checkpoint.
Employees of the airport, the CJIA said, will be screened separately from passengers, thus improving the processing time for each flight.
The CTX 5800 explosive detection system (EDS), which is TSA certified, quickly identifies threats in checked baggage.
