Life Nomadic: How Airport Metal Detectors Work

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I am not sure that all metal detectors are set to equivalent sensitivities which will make "ensuring" that you can pass through all them impossible. Back in the late 90s, I used to travel out of LAX frequently. One day, I took a day trip to SJC and later in the day, I had to pick someone up from a different terminal at LAX. I was wearing the same clothes/shoes and had the same pocket contents. I did not set off the detector the first two times of the day, but did the third. They claimed it was my shoes.

There are no guarantees heading through airport security.

3-05-2009 @ 4:55PM

Tynan said...

I agree. The most sensitive one I've been through was actually a domestic flight in Panama.

Tynan

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