100% Hold Baggage Screening (HBS)
at
Manchester Airport
John Cordingley
The Check-in to Aircraft Ideal
All baggage screened for explosive devices
All baggage tracked and accounted for
Delivered to the correct aircraft on time
The HBS X-ray Options
Standalone x-ray in front of check-in
X-rays built in to the check-in
X-rays downstream from check-in
We are going to deal with the down stream
model augmented by check-in x-rays
Check–in to Aircraft Basic Route
Check–in to Baggage Sortation
Sortation to Aircraft
Hold baggage presented for check-in
must be within a gauge for size and weight
Items above this weight limit
must be labelled as heavy
3.5 – 35kg
63 cm
1.2m
Items too heavy, too large, too light,
fragile , with wheels or straps are
classed as out of gauge (OOG)
Surfboards
Televisions
bicycles
toolboxes
rucksacks
These are sent to the OOG belt
which is wider and slopes more
gradually into baggage sortation
Out of gauge items here at Manchester are screened
and cleared by an operator using Vivid EDS
These are sent to the OOG belt
which is wider and slopes more
gradually into baggage sortation
Before baggage can be introduced
in to the system it must be labelled
Labels contain the following information:-
Flight Number
Airline
Airport of Origin
Airport Destination
Passenger Name
Baggage Chute
Standard baggage introduced into the inline
system will be screened 100% for
Explosive Devices down stream
• Level 1
Vivid
1800 BPH
(automatic 2 secs per bag)
• Level 2
Invision CTX 5500
384 BPH
(automatic 16 secs per bag)
• Level 3
Operator intervention to ALARM at Level 2
• Level 4
Bag reconciled with passenger for search
(contents unclear or D G identified )
• Level 5
I.E.D in bag procedure
Check-in
Restricted Zone
Vivid
Level 1
ALARM
CTX
CLEAR
CLEAR
CTX
CTX
UNCLEAR Level 4
or IED Level 5
CTX
CTX 5500
Level 2
CTX
Baggage Sortation
Operator
Control Room
Level 3
Level 1 Vivid
35% alarm rate (1800 BPH 2 secs per bag)
Level 1 Exit