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Can all passengers be checked with the aid of a security scan? Including passengers with for example a pacemaker, prosthetic limb, crutches or those in a wheelchair?

Passengers with pacemakers can use the security scan without any problems. It is necessary, for the proper operation of the equipment, that the passenger is able to stand for several seconds with raised hands. This will perhaps not always be possible for someone on crutches or in a wheelchair. These passengers will be screened by means of a search and investigation of the aids, as is currently already the case during the use of metal detection gates. As the equipment is intended to provide an alert in the event objects are carried on the body, it is possible that prosthetic limbs will also trigger the alert. These alerts will be resolved by the security guard involved, with due observance of the rules of courtesy.