Charlotte NC May 1 2018 Authorities say a Florida man tried to bring a knife on a plane by hiding it in a shampoo bottle. The discovery was made at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. According to TSA officials, Gonzalo Gonzalez, 72, of Jupiter was stopped at a checkpoint when someone noticed something […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April 27 2018– The second in command of Jacksonville Airport Authority has admitted to breaking Homeland Security protocol by bypassing security to get thousands of dollars in cash on board a plane to Las Vegas, the I-TEAM learned Thursday. Tony Cugno, chief operating officer for Jacksonville’s four-airport system, admitted to doing this at […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2018 TSA screens more than 72 million passengers and crew during record-breaking spring travel season Agency remains on pace for its highest volume year on record WASHINGTON DC— The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set another screening record during the 2018 spring travel period, March 15 through April 15, with […]
Miami FL April 24 2018 A man was hit with a Taser on an American Airlines flight after he allegedly fondled a female passenger. The man was accused of groping a female passenger at the gate before the Chicago-bound flight took off from Miami Sunday night. Footage of the incident was recorded by a fellow passenger […]
Washington DC April 1 2018 You’ve taken off your shoes and removed your laptop from your carry-on bag to go through airport security screening. You candy bar may be next. Although it’s okay to board an airplane with food, some Transportation Security Administration agents have been asking travelers to remove their food from carry-on bags at […]
NATIONWIDE March 27 2018 – Over a six-day period, the Transportation Security Administration confiscated a total of 71 firearms in addition to grenades and ninja stars found in carry-on bags nationwide. From March 12 through 18, of the 71 firearms found 66 were loaded with travelers attempting to bring them through security. One of the oddest […]
Seattle WA March 26 2018 TSA is doubling the number of explosive sniffing dogs at Sea-Tac Airport, just in time for the busiest travel season of the year. The number of these specially trained dogs at Sea-Tac was just five, but Port of Seattle officials said they need at least 10 dogs. And yesterday the feds […]
PORTLAND, Ore. March 22 2018 A woman ran through Portland International Airport, jumped on a MAX train and ran into a nearby hotel in an effort to ditch police after TSA found marijuana inside her carryon luggage, according to Port of Portland Police. Laurie Wolfinger, 64, remains in the Multnomah County Inverness Jail. She was arrested […]
WASHINGTON DC March 1 2018 – The Transportation Security Administration has improved its screening for transgender travelers, but a 2015 survey found nearly half that flew during the previous year reported a negative experience, a congressional panel heard Tuesday. The National Center for Transgender Equality surveyed 28,000 transgender adults and found 53% had flown in the […]
DENVER CO Feb 25 2018 — A passenger’s vaping device is being blamed for a fire that disrupted operations at Denver International Airport last month. According to a Friday release from the Denver Fire Department, the dissembled device was inside the passenger’s travel bag when it caught fire as it passed through a TSA X-ray machine […]