Security at US airports

This year, the US airports introduced new safety rules, according to which passengers must be subjected to electronic scanning of the entire body. Activist groups called on travelers to abandon humiliating, in their opinion. Scanning takes a matter of seconds, but those who refused him to undergo a full search, which takes much more time and involves probing, including the intimate parts of the body.

1. Passengers are on the terminal National Airport Ronald Reagan in Washington on November 24, the day before the four-day holiday. This is one of the busiest days of the year at US airports, with millions of passengers on a journey on Thanksgiving Day. (AP / Alex Brandon)



2. Passengers in the main hall of the airport in Washington. Protests against the US body scanning at airports, contrary to expectations, did not create problems in the busiest day of the year - on the eve of Thanksgiving Day. (AFP / Getty Images / Jewel Samad)



3. Look at the clock in the area of ​​the airport screening «LaGuardia» in the borough of Queens in New York. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



4. She passes the security check at the airport «LaGuardia» in the New York area Queens. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



5. Sisters Jesse and Jenny Bewley Nashville await the arrival of the bus to go skiing on Thanksgiving Day in Denver International Airport. (AP / Barry Gutierrez)



6. Passengers stand in a long queue formed as a result of computer crashes at the airport «La Guardia» in New York on 24 November, which is considered one of the toughest days of the year for the airport workers. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



7. Passengers pass through the department of transport safety, to get on the plane at the airport Ronald Reagan Washington. (AFP / Getty Images / Jewel Samad)



8. Hannah Everhart says goodbye to her boyfriend Nick Williams Reagan Airport in Washington. (AFP / Getty Images / Jewel Samad)



9. Sign of the Transportation Security Administration in a New York airport «La Guardia» warns that in the line of protective devices can not carry souvenir balls with snow. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



10. An employee of security checks documents of passengers at the airport in New York on the eve of Thanksgiving Day. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



11. Employee Transportation Security Administration gives instructions to passengers at the international airport in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



12. Transportation Security Administration officer (right) hand passenger checks for particles of explosives airport in New York. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



13. Worker safety checks documents of passengers. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



14. Security Service worker talking with passengers at the airport «La Guardia» in New York. (AFP / Getty Images / Stan Honda)



15. Transportation Security Administration agent instructs passengers how to pass inspection at the airport in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



16. An employee of security service monitors the passengers passing inspection. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



17. The security officer customize passengers at the airport in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



18. An employee of security service is closely watching the passengers passing inspection. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



19. Transportation Security Administration agent keeps order at the airport in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



20. Girl security officer monitors passengers passing inspection. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



21. An employee of security service examines a woman at the international airport of Austin. The Austin airport scanners is not designed to make full body scan. (AP / Jay Janner)



22. A man walks full body scan before the flight before Thanksgiving. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



23. A woman passes a full body scan. Using the "undressing" scanners, which are based on the principle of X-ray examination, it caused numerous protests. Many passengers fear that they may harm health, cause cancer. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



24. Europe is divided in its attitude to such scanners. The UK airports are beginning to use them after the test period. In the photo: A young man takes a full body scan at the airport in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



25. Some countries, Italy among them, were strongly against the use of scanners. In the photo: The girl runs a full body scan. (Getty Images / Jeff Swensen)



26. Passengers are sent to the security department at the international airport in Seattle on 22 November. (AP / Elaine Thompson)



27. The police patrol Reagan Airport in Washington on the eve of Thanksgiving Day. (AFP / Getty Images / Jewel Samad)



28. The members of the National Guard watching the passengers go through the Central Station in New York. (AP / Seth Wenig)



29. A two-year waiting Aryeh Fishman with her father David and mother Shira, to be tested at the airport in Newark, New Jersey. (AP / Mel Evans)



30. Flying to Dallas Evelyn Gillan (right) kisses his son-in-Ranger Doug at the airport in Los Angeles. (AP / Jae C. Hong)



31. Jessica Healy plays with her daughter Hannah waiting for luggage at the airport, Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 23. She arrived at the airport early to avoid delays in the department of security, but no problems. (AP / J Pat Carter)



32. The two-year Valentine Eysvedo goes for his mother and a suitcase with toys at the international airport of Miami November 24th. (AP / Patrick Farrell)

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