PASSENGERS at East Midlands Airport will soon have to go through full-body scanners that see through clothing.
It is one of nine airports to introduce the technology that produces an image allowing officials to see if travellers are concealing anything.
Full details of when the equipment will be deployed have not been released.
The move will see 19 UK airports using the scanners, which can detect non-metallic explosive devices.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said anyone who objects to being scanned could request a private search.
Currently, anyone refusing to go through the machine is not allowed to fly.
Other airports to have the scanners are Belfast City, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow Prestwick, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Luton and Newcastle.
An East Midlands Airport spokesman said: "This equipment will provide an additional method of screening for passengers and support the existing stringent security measures already in place at East Midlands Airport. We await full details from the Government, which will be issued in due course."
Mr McLoughlin said the use of the scanners was to be extended to more UK airports as the threat level remained "substantial" with an attack "a strong possibility" . Ten airports already have them.
Mr McLoughlin stressed that scanners do not produce images of passengers, alleviating privacy concerns.