Airport Screening
You will be subject to security screening if you are travelling domestically, internationally or if you are entering the departure lounge to see off or welcome a domestic passenger.
Security screening involves passing through a metal detector or body scanner and your personal belongings being screened by an x-ray machine.
You will be selected at random to pass through either a metal detector or body scanner. You will be required to remove some items prior to screening, including items from your pockets, your jacket or coat, and some shoes and belts. Signage will detail security requirements prior to progressing into the screening area and security screening officers will provide direction.
You may be required to undertake a secondary, pat-down search following screening. If you were screened by a body scanner, pat down searches will be localised to the area on the body that has been identified. If you are screened by a metal detector and require a secondary pat-down, this will be a full body pat-down. If you are required to do a secondary pat-down search, this can be conducted in a private room, at your request.
Security screening officers may test you and your baggage for traces of explosives, using Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment.
If you are unable to pass through the metal detector for any reason, you can request to be screened by a body scanner. Body scanners are a whole body imaging device that use millimeter wave to identify items worn or carried on the body – it is not a metal detector. If you are concerned about any aspect of the screening process, please speak to a security screening officer at the screening point.
