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4 Baggage Handling
Pages 22-27

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From page 22...
... ; passenger carry-on baggage; passenger checked baggage; cargo originating from known, unknown, or consolidated shippers; courier bags; and mail. More subversive vectors include: crew members (e.g., pilots or flight attendants)
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From page 23...
... Checked bags are then subject to examination by an explosives-detection device or a certified EDS or are physically searched.2 The bags ~ Passengers who check in at the curb or gate are also asked security questions. If a passenger trying to check bags at the curb is determined to be a selectee, he or she is asked to check the bags at the ticket counter.
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From page 24...
... 24 ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYED TO IMPROVE AVIATION SECURITY FIGURE 4-2 Baggage flow and screening for a passenger with only carry-on baggage for a domestic flight. FIGURE 4-3 Baggage flow and security screening for a passenger with a carry-on bag and a checked bag for a ticket counter check-in for a domestic flight.
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From page 25...
... BAGGAGE HANDLING 25 Jet-way checked bag does not get PPBM c FIGURE 4-4 Baggage flow and security screening for a passenger with a carry-on bag and a checked bag for a gate check-in for a domestic flight. c FIGURE 4-5 Baggage flow and security screening for a passenger with a carry-on bag and a checked bag on an international flight.
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From page 26...
... The containerized luggage system also includes specialized container carts and aircraft loading devices. Use of Harclenecl Unit-Loacling Devices During the panel's airport visits, several procedures and practices were observed that could affect the combined use of security screening devices and HULDs within a defined TAAS.
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From page 27...
... Postal Service dictate that any weight overload will usually result in the removal of passengers rather than the removal of mail. Seventy-five percent of the commercial airline fleet is narrow-body aircraft, which means that 80 percent of 27 baggage travels in bulk cargo holds or in the passenger cabin and only 20 percent in ULD containers.
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  • plane departs
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