UK: Women banned from flight after refusing body scans

Two Muslim women were stopped from boarding a flight from Britain to Pakistan for refusing to go through new body scanners, citing religious and medical reasons, airport officials say.

The pair - travelling together at Manchester airport last month - are the first confirmed cases in Britain of anyone being refused travel since body scanners became mandatory at the airports using them on February 1.

The two women, who are British residents, were travelling on a Pakistan International Airlines flight to Islamabad from Manchester Airport in northwest England on February 19.

They were randomly selected to go through the scanners but refused to do so, Britain's busiest non-London airport said.

"Two female passengers who were booked to fly out of Terminal 2 refused to be scanned for medical and religious reasons," a Manchester Airport spokesman said on Thursday.

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UK: Women banned from flight after refusing body scans

UK: Women banned from flight after refusing body scans

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