GRAND RAPIDS, MI Nov 15 2017— After missing his flight to Georgia for a hunting trip last month, retired Kent County judge Steven Servaas demanded he be reimbursed for his loss. But this was no ordinary refund request. Servaas wrote Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske, asking the federal agency cut him a $1,000 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. Nov 12 2017 – 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 […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Nov 11 2017 – An air traffic controller at Charlotte Douglas International Airport received a homemade pipe bomb from his roommate, police said. The two Charlotte residents were charged with manufacturing and possessing a weapon of mass destruction. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers responded to 315 Minitree Lane near Mount Holly Road after someone called […]
Washington DC Nov 10 2017 In recent undercover tests of multiple airport security checkpoints by the Department of Homeland Security, inspectors said screeners, their equipment or their procedures failed more than half the time, according to a source familiar with the classified report. When ABC News asked the source if the failure rate was 80 percent, […]
Miami FL Oct 27 2017 A man was taken into custody after getting in “an altercation” with a federal officer at Miami International Airport Wednesday afternoon, Miami-Dade police said. The airport remained fully operational after the minor ruckus outside Concourse D. A cell phone video appears to show the man walking along a row of check-in […]
CLEVELAND, OH Oct 19 2017 — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) held security exercises at the RTA’s Triskett Station Wednesday. The TSA will be working with Cleveland Police and Cleveland EMS during the exercises. The exercise was held at noon Wednesday. The station remained open during the event. Emergency vehicles began setting up in the […]
Queens NY Oct 16 2017 A man was arrested at LaGuardia Airport Saturday morning after police say he threatened an airline employee with what he said was a bomb. Police say the man got into an argument with a Spirit Airlines employee at Terminal B. The suspect told the employee he was coming back with a […]
New York NY Oct 12 2017 A female former security supervisor for the company that protects John F. Kennedy International Airport has filed a federal complaint alleging the outfit was “overrun with misogyny, racism and harassment.” LaDonna Powell worked for four years at Allied Universal Security Services, which is contracted by the Port Authority of New […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. Oct 9 2017 — Police are looking for a person of interest after part of Asheville Regional Airport was evacuated after an explosive device was found Friday morning. The suspicious package was discovered outside on the curb of Terminal Drive near the baggage claim at about 6:30 a.m. Officials say the package was an […]
WASHINGTON DC Oct 9 2017 The federal Transportation Security Administration is warning officials to be on the lookout for a man who has tried to gain unauthorized access to airports across the country, most recently in Maryland. TSA said in a recent warning that Ahmed Olasunkahmi Salau has tried for at least a year to access […]