Improving object classification in X-ray luggage inspection

- --- --- -- --- - -~The commercial airline industry is an important part of today’s global economy. Each yearhundreds of millions of people use aircraft to travel around the world. The national andinternational flow of passengers, mail and cargo depends on the safety and security of thecivil aviation system. Airplanes in flight, by their very nature and design, are extremelysusceptible to bombs and present an attractive targets for terrorists, where the objective is toinflict mass casualties. from 1985 to 1997, eight commercial aircraft were lost or damageddue to suspected terrorist bombings [NOV92] [OFF97], and about 1100 people died in thesetragedies:On June 23, 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 crashed into the sea as the result of anexplosion in the cargo hold.On November 29, 1987, Korean Air flight 858 was destroyed in flight from anexplosive device inside the cabin.On December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was destroyed by a 12-ounce bombhidden in a portable radio over Lockerbie, Scotland.On September 19, 1989, a UTA flight was destroyed over the Sahara from anexplosion in the forward cargo component of a DC-l 0 aircraft.Chapter 1: Introduction