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Thanks for the airport security updates everyone. This new Nola.com article explains it further.

She said the equipment for seven of the lanes was installed a week before the new terminal opened using surplus machines normally used only for emergency evacuations. Then four more machines were moved, one per night, from the old terminal to the new one once it opened.

Koshetz said TSA and the airport are working on getting up to the full, 15-lane capacity, which she said should be done in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.