Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:15:20 EST
Dgling@xxxxxxx posted earlier
>Some very kind souls posted the following two URLs about X-Ray things at
>airports. They are very informative. Thus, without further words from me:
>http://www.KODAK.com/US/en/motion/support/technical/xray.shtml
>http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far-108.txt
Since I flew between the US and Japan recently, I can tell you my experience
with hand inspection. I have to admit that the rolls of film I was carrying was
deliberately small, only four rolls when I was returning to the US and zero when
going to Japan. I bought all my films in Japan, but could not use up all. I
put these 35 mm canisters and unopened wrapped 120 roll in a plastic bag and
placed it in my backpack where I could take out easily.
To my surprise I experienced three X-ray inspections during my return flight.
Twice at the Narita Airport and once in Detroit. All three times I did not have
any problems in getting hand inspection. Previous experience at the Narita
Airport was negative so that is why I minimized the number of rolls of
unprocessed film. I had all the exposed film processed in Japan. If you have a
handful, you might want to contact the airport in advance. My experience may
not be typical.
Tomoko Yamamoto
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
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