A new screening procedure will monitor temperatures of passengers traveling to and from LAX, making the program the first of its kind in the U.S.
All 50 states are now partially reopened for business after a devastating March and April. Here's what happened throughout May.A new screening procedure will monitor temperatures of passengers traveling to and from Los Angeles International Airport , making the program the first of its kind in the United States.-- a new pilot program that utilizes three types of thermal camera technology to screen arriving and departing passengers at certain locations.
According to a press release from Los Angeles World Airports, thermal cameras will be deployed at locations inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal."These different types of technologies will be able to identify in groups of people as opposed to one-on-one individually what their temperature is, and identify those passengers who have an enhanced body temperature," Justin Erbacci, interim CEO of LAX said in an interview with Gio Benitez, ABC News transportation correspondent.
In addition, travelers on arriving international flights who have a high temperature may be referred to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on site. "If this pilot is successful, as we believe it will be, then what we would do next is begin working with the airlines to understand how we handle people who do have elevated temperatures such that we would then work out how to stop them from either entering the terminal or to prevent them from getting on the airplane," Erbacci said.
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