Comment Not unusual in the Singapore airport (Score 1) 38
This really won't seem like much at all on top of the regular security at the Singapore airport, some of the toughest in the world. When I went through there last year it went something like this:
1. Show passport, all bags sent through X-ray machine.
2. All bags hand searched (including my dirty clothes bag holding stinky jungle hiking gear).
3. Show passport, get ticket, go towards gate.
4. Show passport, go through metal detector, all carry-on bags X-rayed.
5. All carry-ons sniffed with "Vap-o-Trace," presumably something like a portable GC/MS looking for explosive/drug vapors.
6. All carry-ons hand searched.
7. Show passport, Get on plane.
1. Show passport, all bags sent through X-ray machine.
2. All bags hand searched (including my dirty clothes bag holding stinky jungle hiking gear).
3. Show passport, get ticket, go towards gate.
4. Show passport, go through metal detector, all carry-on bags X-rayed.
5. All carry-ons sniffed with "Vap-o-Trace," presumably something like a portable GC/MS looking for explosive/drug vapors.
6. All carry-ons hand searched.
7. Show passport, Get on plane.
