SOON, YOU WON'T HAVE TO GET YOUR LAPTOPS SEPARATELY SCREENED AT THESE AIRPORTS

In what is meant to be a welcome news among flyers, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has agreed on a proposal where passengers won't have to get their laptops and small bottles of liquid to be screened separately as part of the security check.

The proposal will be rolled out in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports soon on an experimental basis.

"On an experimental basis, BCAS has allowed handbag scanners where laptops, liquids item not to be taken out at Delhi and Mumbai airport for security check," BCAS DG Rajesh Chandra told ANI.

The 3D-based Computed Tomography (CT) scanner has already been tested at numerous international airports like New York's JFK and London's Heathrow. However, it could take time to be fully operational in India, as the final call on the implementation of it will be taken by the CISF, which is in charge of the airport security.

Once tested and approved by BCAS, the machine could then be installed by airports in India too.