{"id":185916,"date":"2016-11-04T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=185916"},"modified":"2016-11-04T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:19:09","slug":"or-tambo-implements-smart-security-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/185916-or-tambo-implements-smart-security-checkpoint.html","title":{"rendered":"OR Tambo implements Smart Security checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OR Tambo International Airport will be the first African airport to implement a Smart Security checkpoint that will digitise the security check process.<\/p>\n<p>The service will speed up passenger progress through security and enhance security through state-of-the-art scanners.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot implementation of the Smart Security system goes live on 8 November at the international departures security point at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Departing international passengers will use the system, which includes a new conveyor system for checking hand luggage and new scanning booth for individual passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Bongiwe Pityi, Manager of OR Tambo, said the system complies with the highest global standards for airport security.<\/p>\n<p>Pityi said passengers will pass a\u00a0security turnstile before entering the security area, where boarding passes will be verified electronically.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be fewer requirements for laptops to be removed from bags and switched on.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot of the Smart Security checkpoint will run until the end of January 2017, when its effectiveness will be assessed.<\/p>\n<p>Airports Company South Africa believes that over time it should be feasible to introduce the system across the airports it operates.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/motoring\/174128-why-i-ditched-the-gautrain-and-drive-to-or-tambo-airport-instead.html\">Why I ditched the Gautrain and drive to OR Tambo airport instead<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OR Tambo International will be the first African airport to implement a Smart Security checkpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":150195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[36,39658,39656],"class_list":["post-185916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-active","tag-o-r-tambo-international-airport","tag-smart-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185924,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185916\/revisions\/185924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}