Security has top priority
Watertight, thorough but still fast

Our 100 percent baggage X-ray strategies are perfectly integrated into the material flow. The initial inspection after check-in is fully automated. If there is any doubt regarding the safety of a piece of luggage, its X-ray image is scrutinized by specially trained personnel. This is followed by further automatic inspections. If necessary, the piece of baggage in question is ejected from the material flow and may be subject to visual inspection by authorized personnel in the presence of the passenger.

In addition to the physical screening of all pieces of luggage, their reconciliation with the passenger provides the second pillar of baggage security at numerous airports worldwide. Available for many years now, the concept of Baggage Reconciliation Systems is based on the perception that a terrorist will not place a bomb in the aircraft that he intends to board himself. Thus, following a globally accepted IATA recommendation, each bag loaded on an aircraft is to be validated against the list of passengers who have already boarded the plane. If a passenger has not boarded the plane, his luggage is to be offloaded immediately for security reasons.
Manually checking the bag list against the passenger list is a very tedious and time-consuming process. This is why we at Siemens support the implementation of sophisticated BRS systems which are able to carry out the reconciliation and even the offloading process within seconds.

Advanced features of our BRS system enable the acquisition of many additional types of information and even comprehensive tracking and tracing of baggage. These functionalities enhance the benefit of the system way beyond the original straightforward reconciliation.