“The Transportation Safety Administration released surveillance video showing an agent moving a smoking bag containing an exploding lithium-ion battery away from passengers during a panic at Orlando International Airport Friday. The TSA agent, a 20-year Army veteran, said he believed the bag to be an improvised explosive device. He placed it between a concrete column…
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration today announced the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to five additional domestic and international carriers. Now in operation, the five new partnering airlines are All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Contour Aviation, Finnair and Korean Air. Today’s announcement brings the number of airlines participating in TSA…
“The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed more than 1,100 members of its workforce to help with hurricane relief efforts in some of the hardest-hit areas. About 500 employees were dispatched to assist with screening operations at impacted airports, while another 660 TSA workers volunteered to serve on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Surge Capacity…
All the nickels, dimes and quarters travelers leave behind at TSA security checkpoints adds up to big bucks — enough that next time you forget your change after emptying your pockets, you might want to go back for it. In fiscal year 2016, travelers left behind a record $867,812.39, according to a report from the…
“Giant sandals, sun tan lotion and leftover fried chicken crammed into a suitcase triggered searches Friday of several pieces of checked luggage at Myrtle Beach International Airport. Pretty standard stuff, except for maybe the fried chicken, says Mark J. Howell, regional spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration. Myrtle Beach tourists are more likely to pack…
“The images are disturbing: cargo trucks plowing into crowds of people enjoying holiday street festivals and markets. In recent years, these terrorist attacks have happened often — mostly in European countries — leaving dozens of people dead and hundreds injured. Now, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration wants truck rental agencies to be more vigilant in…
