Security control

Passengers and their carry-on luggage pass through security screening after check-in and before entering the gate area. Checked-in luggage is screened before going into the hold.

If you are carrying any objects or substances prohibited on airplanes, you will have to relinquish them at security control. Prohibited objects may be put in storage for a fee; otherwise they will be confiscated and destroyed.

The security checkpoints at Terminals 1 and 2 use a queuing time measurement system to indicate the time you will need to stand in the security check queue. The time indicates the average queuing time to the security checkpoint at the time specified in the heading.

Please remember that the queuing situation may change very rapidly, especially when peak hours start and end.

The queuing time measurement system is based on Bluetooth technology. There are sensors installed near the security checkpoints that pick up the Bluetooth signal from passengers' mobile phones.

However, the sensors only show the Bluetooth address specified by the manufacturer, and the customer's phone number and the name specified for the Bluetooth device cannot be deduced from the address.

Before proceeding to security control

Present your ticket before security control. Place all detachable items such as cameras, telephones, keys and coins in your purse, flight bag or coat pocket. When carried in trouser pockets or elsewhere in clothing they may trigger unnecessary alarms.

When entering security control, remove your overcoat, sports coat or jacket and belt. Remove your laptop from its case. Remove large electrical devices and any liquids from your carry-on luggage. Place all of these on the conveyor belt for security screening.

Passengers to be inspected by hand

If, despite all precautions taken by the passenger, the walk-through metal detector alarm goes off, the security inspector will be required to conduct a pat-down inspection. The inside of waistbands must be inspected by feeling with a finger, such as running the thumb around the waistband.

For many, this new procedure might seem unpleasant. This can best be avoided by removing all metal objects from your person and placing them on the scanner belt for x-ray inspection.

The Civil Aviation Authority requires that a certain number of passengers passing through security control be inspected by hand on a random basis. In such cases these passengers will given a hand inspection even without setting off the metal detector.

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