1. 100% Hold Baggage Screening (HBS)at
Manchester Airport
John Cordingley

2. The Check-in to Aircraft Ideal
All baggage screened for explosive devices
All baggage tracked and accounted for
Delivered to the correct aircraft on time

3. The HBS X-ray Options Standalone x-ray in front of check-in
X-rays built in to the check-in
X-rays downstream from check-in

4. We are going to deal with the down stream
model augmented by check-in x-rays
Check–in to Aircraft Basic Route
Check–in to Baggage Sortation
Sortation to Aircraft

5. Hold baggage presented for check-in
must be within a gauge for size and weight
Items above this weight limit
must be labelled as heavy
1.2m
63 cm
3.5 – 35kg

6. Items too heavy, too large, too light,
fragile , with wheels or straps are
classed as out of gauge (OOG)
Surfboards
Televisions
bicycles
toolboxes
rucksacks
These are sent to the OOG belt
which is wider and slopes more
gradually into baggage sortation

7. Out of gauge items here at Manchester are screened
and cleared by an operator using Vivid EDS
These are sent to the OOG belt
which is wider and slopes more
gradually into baggage sortation

8. Before baggage can be introduced in to the system it must be labelled
Labels contain the following information:-
Flight Number
Airline
Airport of Origin
Airport Destination
Passenger Name
Baggage Chute

9. Explosive Devices down stream
Standard baggage introduced into the inline system will be screened 100% for
Explosive Devices down stream
1800 BPH
Level Vivid
(automatic 2 secs per bag)
384 BPH
Level 2 Invision CTX (automatic 16 secs per bag)
Level Operator intervention to ALARM at Level 2
Level Bag reconciled with passenger for search
(contents unclear or D G identified )
Level I.E.D in bag procedure

10. Vivid Level 1 ALARM CLEAR CLEAR
Check-in
Restricted Zone
Vivid
Level 1
ALARM
CTX
CLEAR
CLEAR
CTX
CTX
CTX 5500
Level 2
UNCLEAR Level 4
or IED Level 5
CTX
CTX
Baggage Sortation
Operator
Control Room
Level 3

11. Level 1 Vivid
35% alarm rate (1800 BPH 2 secs per bag)
Level 1 Exit