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By: Brian Blum - October 7, 2020
What are the biggest Covid-19 concerns associated with flying? Being on the plane might be not as risky as originally thought, according to a study of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt.
The bigger worry may be maintaining social distance in the security-check line prior to boarding. Artificial intelligence-based software from Israeli startup SeeTrue is not Covid-19-specific, but it can speed up the process by 30 percent or more.
The software alerts screening staff to any suspicious object in passengers’ carry-on luggage. That means less bags opened on a hunch or spot check, less misidentification of dangerous materials (was that a gun or a flashlight?) and, as a result, fewer stops and starts on the conveyer belt.
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