Muslim women banned from flight for say no to scan

The pair’s-travelling jointly at Manchester airport previous month -- are the first definite cases in Britain of anybody being refused travel since body scanners became compulsory at the airports using them on Feb 1.

The 2 women, who are British residents, were journey on a Pakistan International Airlines flight to Islamabad from Manchester Airport on February 19. They were arbitrarily chosen to go throughout the scanners but they refused to do so, Britain's busiest non-London airport said.

"In accordance with the government directive on scanners, so they were not allowed to fly." Manchester Airport security officers spent half an hour with the women pay attention to their worries. They were explaining how the scanners perform but they still decide not to fly.