Sikh concerns delay hand search plans at UK airports
4 July 2010The Department for Transport has delayed plans to bring in hand searches at UK airport security because of concerns from a Sikh group.
Sikhs are concerned it could mean hand checks of turbans or demands for the religious headwear to be removed.
At present, passengers walk through metal detectors at UK airports and, if the alarm goes off, they are then searched again with handheld metal detectors.
The new EU rules instead tell security staff to use their hands for the second checks.
source: BBC News
