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Airport in Boston to be first in the nation to test cargo-screen technology
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Boston-AP -- Boston's Logan International Airport is becoming the first in the nation to electronically screen cargo before it's loaded on commercial flights.

Logan was the departure point for two of the hijacked planes on Nine-Eleven.

The 30-day test program begins tomorrow, using a huge screening machine to scan full truckloads of cargo for explosives.

The government says about 22 percent of air cargo transported in the United States is carried aboard passenger planes. But only a small percentage of it is checked.

After this test, Logan expects to try other versions of the technology to decide how best to screen cargo.

Logan was also the first major airport to install a permanent screening program for all checked baggage.

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Transportation Security Administration employee checks baggage at security checkpoint, Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, photo

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