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Posted: 3:08 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012

New scanners at airport offer more privacy to passengers

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By Andrew Doud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —

Charlotte-Douglas is installing new full-body scanners that promise to be less intrusive.

Ed Archer was on his way to Ft. Lauderdale Friday morning. He said he's been through full-body scanners and know how invasive they can be.

“I've gone through them a couple of times but it's a little personal, you know, it just shows everything,” Archer said.

The new machines are similar to the existing full-body scanners, but instead of producing an X-ray image of each individual, a green screen that says "OK" will appear on a small monitor. If an object is detected, a generic outline of a person appears and a yellow dot shows the area on the body a TSA agent needs to be concerned about.

Right now, Charlotte-Douglas has four scanners in place. By mid-summer, it will have 11 and every passenger who comes through the airport will have to pass through one.

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