Myrtle Beach SC June 18 2017 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 […]
HONOLULU HI June 17 2017 The state Department of Transportation has notified the Public Safety Department that state deputy sheriffs are no longer needed at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, according to multiple sources. A letter that DPS got Thursday, and which was obtained by Hawaii News Now, notifies DPS that they are terminating […]
Las Vegas NV June 16 2017 Las Vegas police arrested a woman passenger at McCarran International Airport late Tuesday for allegedly assaulting passengers and crew aboard an American Airlines flight from Chicago. She then attacked one of the arresting officers, police said. Crew members told Metropolitan Police Department officers upon arrival that the woman had […]
Washington DC June 6 2017 The European Commission and US Transportation Security Administration have announced an “unprecedented” air cargo security partnership between the TSA, the EU and Switzerland. The agreement, which took effect on 1 June, sees the TSA and EU mutually recognising each other’s air cargo security procedures as being of an equivalent high […]
Wichita KS June 2 2017 An 82-year-old woman was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail this week after she allegedly struck a Transportation Security Administration officer who tried to confiscate an oversized bottle of liquid from a carry-on bag she planned to take on a flight departing from Eisenhower National Airport. The woman, […]
New York May 31 2017 Satisfaction with airport security has risen from last year, according to a survey from Travel Leaders Group. This year, 67.7% of respondents said they were satisfied with airport security, while 17.4% were neutral and 14.9% were unsatisfied. Comparatively in 2016, 63.6% said they were satisfied, 19.4% were neutral and 17% […]
Orlando FL May 31 2017 Police descended upon Florida’s Orlando International Airport Tuesday night in response to a man whom they believed was carrying a gun in one of the airport’s rental car lots. When he was eventually taken into police custody, it was determined the gun was fake. “Gunman in custody,” tweeted Orlando Police […]
LINTHICUM, Md. May 30 2017 A man drove through a perimeter fence at BWI Airport and police say he got onto an unoccupied airplane before authorities detained him. Media outlets report the car got into a secure area at Signature Flight Support at Baltimore Washington International Airport Thurgood Marshall Airport on Saturday. The Baltimore Sun […]
Salt Lake City UT May 25 2017 Among airport travelers there can be a lot of hurrying, frayed nerves, and drinking. Combined, it doesn’t always add up to folks being on their best behavior. Nationally, there have been some high-profile encounters between airport cops and travelers in recent weeks. We wanted to know, what is […]
Honolulu HI May 22 2017 The radio call came in at 2:45 a.m. Friday about a man who had stepped out of an emergency fire exit leading to the Los Angeles International Airport tarmac and loudly asked, “Where can I get something to eat around here?” Anil Uskanli, 25, of Turkey was immediately spotted […]