LAS VEGAS NV April 30 2021 A man is accused of threatening to blow up airplanes at McCarran International Airport and commit a mass shooting after learning he would have to pay for a checked bag, documents obtained by the I-Team said. Andrew Greco was arrested Friday and according to Metro Police he has an address […]
Seattle Washington April 21 2021 Lines at the Seattle-Tacoma Seatac airport just keep getting longer as people’s fuses, keep getting shorter. But according to the TSA, travelers may want to brace for even longer waits at the airport. Over the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the travel industry, especially […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas April 18 2021 A handgun-wielding man who opened fire outside the San Antonio airport was fatally shot by police Thursday, hours after he’d shot at vehicles from a highway overpass in the northern part of the Texas city, officials said. The city’s airport was placed on lockdown after police got a call around […]
HOUSTON TX April 17 2021 — Officers with the Transportation Security Administration say they recently discovered an unexpected and illegal item inside a breakfast burrito at a security checkpoint: a lump of crystal meth. The discovery happened Friday, April 2, during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage. “… a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) saw what […]
Washington DC April 15 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reported several guns being stopped at U.S. airports by TSA officers over the last week as air travel experiences a spring uptick. TSA officers caught a Fairfield County, Connecticut, man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 13 bullets in his carry-on bag at Newark-Liberty International […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 9 2021 Transportation Security Administration officers at Nashville International Airport found four loaded guns at security checkpoints in the last week. The TSA says while firearms may be transported in checked baggage (provided they are declared to the airline, in a proper carrying case and unloaded), they are prohibited in carry-on luggage. Below are […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii March 31 2021 The union representing a Transportation Security Administration worker who died of COVID-19 in Hawaii said the federal agency is stonewalling them on their request for workers’ compensation death benefits for his family. “This is a TSA officer who gave his life serving the public. He should not be treated that way. […]
ATLANTA GA March 30 2021— Three people were charged after police said a fight broke out at TSA security checkpoint at Atlanta’s airport, Tuesday. An Atlanta officer ended up having to deploy his taser in the process, police said. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers were alerted to the dispute at the checkpoint just […]
Washington DC March 28 2021 The effects of COVID-19 reached each and every person across the United States. But as the expression goes, in the worst of times, we begin to see the best in people. That sentiment certainly holds true with the workforce at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and across the entire Department of […]
Washington DC March 20 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is trialing the use of new technology that uses ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to disinfect airport checkpoint bins in a bid to provide safer checkpoint experiences and prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other viruses and bacteria. The trial is being carried out at two checkpoints […]