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Scanners in use at Heathrow, Manchester

LONDON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Full-body scanners were introduced this week at Heathrow International and Manchester airports in England.

Authorities at the two airports said passengers will be selected for the scanners at random or if there is some specific reason to be suspicious of them, either their demeanor or if detection equipment finds signs of explosives, the Daily Mail reported. Passengers who refuse the full-body scan will not be able to board their flights.

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Pakize Durmaz, one of the first passengers to be scanned at Manchester, was a little dubious about the process.

"The process is really easy and I felt comfortable going through it but I didn't really know what they were doing," she said. "They told us we had been chosen at random but I think they should give better reasons why people are picked."

Greater use of full-body scanners follows the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian. He allegedly tried to blow up a plane as it approached the Detroit airport on Christmas Day.

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