TSA Ends ‘Puffer’ Security, Citing Maintenance Costs
The TSA is ending its five-year, $30-million experiment with puffers. The explosives trace detection portals manufactured by Smiths Detection and General Electric are known as “puffers” because they shoot air blasts over passengers sequestered in a chamber. The puff of air is designed to detect...
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