U.S. testing electronic air cargo screening

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government wants to see whether machines designed to detect explosives in airline passengers' luggage also can be used to scan other cargo -- from mail to commercial goods -- transported in the holds of commercial planes.

A two-month test started this week at three of the nation's busiest airports: Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Miami International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.

TSA chief David Stone said the test "enhances our security regime at these crucial shipping hubs."

The agency will inspect a certain percentage of cargo, but won't say exactly how much..........

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