US donates x-ray scanner to Ghana
Ghana becomes the second African nation to upgrade its airline security with the installation of a Soter through-body X-Ray security scanner
Bought from OD Security by the US government and donated to Ghana as part of a programme to boost security at airports that have been identified as ports of embarkation for drugs mules bound for the US. Although the programme was originally conceived to combat the narcotics trade, following the recent attempt to blow up a US bound aircraft, the Soter will be used to scan selected passengers who have been identified as posing a possible security risk.
Unlike millimetre wave and back scatter scanners being widely deployed elsewhere, the SOTER provides a through-body X-Ray image that can detect any objects hidden in or on the human body within just 10 seconds, negating the need for intrusive strip searches.
