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Newark, other airport screeners to bone up on bomb detection
Security screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport are among those who soon must undergo additional training to help detect bombs hidden in carry-on luggage or under a traveler's clothing.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is making thousands of screeners nationwide complete five hours of training by Nov. 15, The Star-ledger of Newark reported in Friday's editions.
"We're tuning up the work force before the busy holiday season," agency spokeswoman Yolanda Clark told the newspaper. "That usually constitutes a variety of different training."
She said she knows of no specific threat that triggered the agency's Oct. 21 directive.
But just this past week, two California airports received bomb threats, and screeners at San Diego's airport seized a bag that they thought might contain bomb parts, the newspaper reported. All three incidents were later determined to have been unfounded.
Security experts remain concerned about a terrorist smuggling an explosive onto a plane because X-ray machines and metal detectors don't detect such materials. Screeners are required to closely examine the X-ray image of each carry-on bag to look for wires or other devices that might indicate an explosive device.
But heavy passenger loads and the agency's goal of holding down wait times at security checkpoints have complicated that effort. Last year, screeners at Newark missed one in four fake explosives and guns that testers attempted to sneak past checkpoints over a three-month period, the newspaper reported.(snip)
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