Before you can even check in they X-ray all your non-carry-on luggage. To show it's been checked they put a plastic band around it. This works fine if it's a suitcase but they do it on duffle bags backpacks (well it might work if they banded the zippers closed). Then you check your bags as normal, and after going through Imigration, you have to go identify the bags that you just checked. I suppose this is a pretty good idea, prevent someone from checking a bag and then "missing the flight". Right before you get to the waiting area the finally put you through a metal detector and X-ray your carry-on. When it's time to board the plan you go down to some buses and they drive you out to the plane where they pat you down.
Metal detectors only detect ferrous metal, it wouldn�t detect a knife made of aluminum, plastic, or a ceramic. [I'll probably finish this rant later, if you're reading this I still haven't gotten to it.]
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