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Airport apologises for woman's breast form shock

Christine Butler
BBC News Cornwall
BBC A computer screen showing the back and front of an image of a person. There are two red alarm signals on the front of the image around the breasts, indicating the security team will need to inspect this. BBC
A breast form worn under clothing after a woman's mastectomy triggers an alarm on airport body scanners

Airport bosses have apologised to a woman who had undergone a mastectomy after she had her prosthetic breast "prodded and patted" at security before taking a flight.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said she was repeatedly asked "What is that":[]}