Female security operative feels around a lady passenger's back for suspect items during search at Heathrow Airport's T5
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RichardBakerHeathrow / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BEG7F7File size:
54.6 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5315 x 3591 px | 45 x 30.4 cm | 17.7 x 12 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
18 August 2009Location:
Terminal 5, Heathrow International Airport, Hounslow, West London England UKMore information:
Security employed by contractor OCS searches a passenger at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Teams of 5-8 perform a rotational order of tasks, changing every 20 minutes: A loader (asking travellers to take off clothing, shoes etc); archway detectors; X-ray operator; liquid tester and bag searcher. The X-ray operator can earn a £50 bonus for a suspect item randomly inserted by undercover officials and known as an Airlock Find. Also, a Tip is a random image flashed on the screen that shows a suspect item they have to spot. A typical day of searched passengers is 25, 000 passengers in T5. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).