Netherlands uses full-body scanners for airports security checks

Dutch authorities are insisting the country uses full-body scanners for security checks at airports, despite concerns about invasion of privacy.

Following the failed attempt to bomb a Delta Airlines plane destined to the US, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam will have the new devices to scan US-bound passengers.

It's a tough call but security concerns eventually override privacy worries.

The Dutch authorities say normal metal detectors failed to detect the explosives Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was carrying, allowing him to board the Delta Airlines flight.

Guusje Ter Horst, Dutch Interior Minister, said, "The security gates that we have at our disposal now only detect metal objects and therefore we apply random body searches. This system is of course not fool-proof and that is why we have decided to make use of scanners at Schiphol for flights to the United States."

Following the failed attempt to bomb a Delta Airlines plane destined to the US, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam will have the new devices to scan US-bound passengers.