CTX Devices Spot Explosives Not Firearms

3rd Jul 2015

Representatives from Airports of Thailand or AOT explained that the Computer Tomography X-Ray (CTX) device in use at the Suvarnabhumi airport and in other airports as well, are intended to spot explosives, not firearms.

Additionally, AOT confirmed that personnel at Suvarnabhumi airport strictly follow international standards when it comes to safety checks.

After leaving Suvarnabhumi airport for Japan, Police Chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang was apprehended later in said country when it was discovered that he was carrying a firearm in his luggage. However, it remains unclear to this date how these items remained undetected despite having gone through safety checks conducted at the Suvarnabhumi airport.

To shed some light on the issue, the AOT highlighted that a CTX device is used to spot explosives possibly hidden in passenger's luggages and that scanning of firearms isn't part of its functionality or capability.

Typically, airport security personnel are the ones responsible for ensuring that no firearms are brought in by any passenger.

Moreover, a team from the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) sees to it that the CTX devices installed at the Suvarnabhumi airport are thoroughly checked on a yearly basis.

The same TSA team conducts yearly checks on the CTX devices installed at Narita airport in Japan.

Despite the use of the same CTX devise and implementation of global safety standards, CTX images of luggage contents brought into the Suvarnabhumi airport by General Kamronwit revealed no firearms.

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