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| Heathrow begins biometric trials | Heathrow begins biometric trials |
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| Passengers at Heathrow airport are being invited to sign up for a trial of the most advanced passenger screening equipment in the world. | Passengers at Heathrow airport are being invited to sign up for a trial of the most advanced passenger screening equipment in the world. |
| Travellers will have the option of bypassing long queues if they have their fingerprints, face and eyes biometrically scanned. | Travellers will have the option of bypassing long queues if they have their fingerprints, face and eyes biometrically scanned. |
| Those trying the miSense system have the scans at the same time as their passport is scanned at check-in. | |
| It is designed to make travelling easier, while maintaining security. | It is designed to make travelling easier, while maintaining security. |
| Passengers' details are linked to their passport, so they can be fast-tracked past queues through security and boarding controls. | |
| 'More secure' | |
| The British Airports Authority (BAA) said the system provided passengers with a type of "electronic key" which would allow them to pass easily through each stage of the airport's processes. | |
| Steve Challis, head of product development for BAA, said: "Rather than having to continually show pieces of paper to prove who you are, or to prove entry to the next stage of a journey, then your electronic key should make things much faster and much more secure at the same time." | |
| BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds says participation in the trial is strictly limited to some travellers catching one of two Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights. | BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds says participation in the trial is strictly limited to some travellers catching one of two Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights. |
| Similar technology has already been installed in Dubai and Hong Kong. | Similar technology has already been installed in Dubai and Hong Kong. |