The Travel Professor
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Puffed @ ABQ

Yes puffed! Departing from Albuquerque International airport I encountered TSA’s new state of the art screening equipment.

The US government is installing "puffer" machines, for detecting explosives residue at most of the major airports across the country.


The machines, which detect traces of explosives when people walk through a portal at the checkpoint, can be used instead of pat-down checks to make sure that passengers are not carrying hidden bombs.

The experience was non invasive and I hardly noticed it.

One more interesting travel tale.