Editor: Michael McPherson
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The FAA recently learned of a hustle that's being employed at airports all
across the country to steal laptop computers. It involves two persons who
look for a victim carrying a laptop and approaching a metal detector. They
position themselves in front of the unsuspecting passenger. They stall until
the mark puts the laptop computer on the conveyor belt. Then the first
subject moves through the metal detector easily. The second subject sets off
the detector and begins a slow process of emptying pockets, removing jewelry,
etc. While this is happening, the first subject takes the laptop as soon as
it appears on the conveyor belt and moves away quickly. When the passenger
finally gets through the metal detector, the laptop is gone. The subject
that picks it up heads into the gate area and disappears among the crowd.
Sometimes a third subject will take a hand-off from the first subject and
the computer is out of the restricted area before the mark even knows that it
is gone.
This is becoming a widely practiced problem and is happening at airports
everywhere. When traveling with a laptop computer, try to avoid lines to
enter a metal detector when possible. When you can't do that, delay putting
your luggage and laptop on the conveyor belt until you are sure that you will
be the next person through the metal detector. As you move through the
metal detector, keep you eyes on the conveyor belt and watch for your luggage
and laptop to come through as well as watching for what those in front of you
are picking up.
SOURCE:
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Captain Terry Bowman
Chief, Technology Integration
Secretary of the Air Force
Office of Public Affairs
(703) 695-8561
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