Fingerprint Scanner to Check Airport Workers
San Francisco International Airport will use a fingerprint scanner to conduct employee background checks. The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring major airports to recheck the backgrounds of employees who have access to tarmacs or planes.
Airport officials said the $40,000 scanning system should be installed within weeks, making it the ninth major airport in the nation to use the Identix TouchPrint 2000 technology. The system means background checks will take hours instead of weeks. The airport has about 35,000 employees.
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