Heathrow Security Breach: police carry out controlled explosion on northern runway

A man managed to breach Heathrow Airport security and run into the path of an aircraft, the man had a rucksack on his person. The man who jumped the fence to get onto the northern runway was tackled by armed officers.

A controlled explosion was carried out on the rucksack, however no bomb was found. The northern runway is being partially used, while the Southern runway is in full use. A spokesperson for British Airways has said that

A man with a rucksack has run into the path of an aircraft at Heathrow Airport - sparking a major security alert. He jumped the perimeter fence shortly after 2pm and was tackled by armed officers on the northern runway. “Flights will obviously be disrupted due to the closure of the runway.

Police will now want to question the man, and the first question will be what he was doing there. However the question I would like to know is “how did he breach security.” This is now the second time in only a few weeks that people have managed to breach Heathrow Airport security.

Source - Sky News

ThruVision T5000 camera sees under clothes: airport security just got better

It seems as if airport security is about to get a whole lot better thanks to the Britain. ThruVision a British company has developed a camera that can actually see through clothes from up to 80-feet away. The camera can detect if people are hiding devices in their pockets or under their clothes.

The ThruVision T5000, will no doubt anger many people who think that it breaks privacy laws. However people who have to go through security checkpoints should have nothing to hide, if this improves security at airports then I am all for it.

The ThruVision T5000 camera uses a technology called Terahertz, or T-rays as it is better known. Do not worry though; it will not be able to see your private parts.

Source - Reuters

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