SAS Extends Fingerprint ID System for Domestic Flights
The Register is reporting that Swedish airline SAS is extending a biometric security program on national flights from Stockholm and Gothenburg and will roll it out to international flights in the near future.Approximately 50 per cent of all passengers on SAS’s domestic flights travel will be able to use the biometric solution, the company announced this week.
The scheme is supposed to help match luggage with passengers. Airlines are obliged by law to match passengers with bags, a measure intended to make it harder to sabotage an aircraft. SAS also hopes it will solve the problem of rogue bags getting onto planes.
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