Newark NY June 17 2021 A small firearm tucked in a belt buckle was stopped at a TSA checkpoint at Newark Airport. A New Jersey man didn’t make it past airport security on Friday after TSA officials discovered a gun tucked away inside his belt buckle. The Ridgefield Park man was stopped in Terminal C […]
DALLAS TX June 13 2021— The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020. The Transportation Security Administration announced Saturday that 2.03 million travelers were screened at airport checkpoints on Friday. It […]
WASHINGTON DC June 12 2021— As more travelers take to the skies, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is projecting that 131 of the nation’s airports will experience staffing shortages this month. Acting TSA Administrator Darby LaJoye is now asking office employees to volunteer at airports for up to 45 days. The volunteers would handle non-screening […]
Washington DC June 9 2021 Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas to support the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening officer workforce, including expanding collective bargaining at the national level and ensuring that TSA’s standards and processes adhere to the principles applied by the Merit Systems Protection Board. Secretary Mayorkas also expressed the Department’s commitment to improving pay for the TSA workforce. “TSA employees are outstanding public servants who work on the frontlines, […]
Albany June 8 2021 After a woman was arrested at Albany Airport Friday for allegedly entering an un-authorized area, officials say the airline involved is partly to blame. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says an Allegiant Airline flight was meant to depart from the airport Friday afternoon, but got held up because of a mechanical issue. […]
Atlanta GA June 5 2021 Four people were arrested after their suitcases were found to be filled with 174 pounds of marijuana at the Atlanta airport, police said Friday. A police dog at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport sniffed out the drugs after five suitcases were unloaded from a flight from Seattle on May 26, according to […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. June 5 2021– Police at the Jacksonville International Airport confirmed Friday that an airplane passenger was arrested and the FBI is investigating the incident. A source confirms that a couple was on board the plane with a lap child. The source said that the couple was told that the child was too old […]
RALEIGH, N.C. June 1 2021 More than 7 million passed through airport screenings from Thursday through Sunday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Friday 1.9 million people flew, setting the single-day record for number of passengers since the pandemic started more than a year ago. Monday’s final number could set a new record. But even […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 30 2021 A 63-year-old woman breached security at Nashville International Airport, refusing to stop for officers as she tried to make her flight, according to police. An arrest warrant states airport officers responded around 4 p.m. Wednesday after reports of a woman breaching the A-B concourse exit, headed toward concourse A. When the […]
Washington DC May 23 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday morning announced that it screened 1.85 million passengers on Sunday, May 16, the first time the TSA had seen a number above 1.8 million since the start of the pandemic. The number is still well off the 2.6 million that the TSA screened […]