US EditionTSA Lets Travelers Keep Shoes On in Security at Major US Airports
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – The Transportation Security Administration ends a 20-year shoe removal rule due to improved screening technology, aiming to speed security lines nationwide, officials said.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday that travelers at major U.S. airports no longer must remove their shoes during security screenings.
- The shoe removal rule began in 2006 after a failed shoe bomb attempt by Richard Reid prompted increased security measures.
- Six airports, including Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, are phasing out this requirement following a pilot program proving safety with new screening equipment.
- Noem said the change is effective immediately nationwide, allowing general screening passengers to keep shoes on for the first time in nearly two decades.
- This policy shift aims to improve passenger experience, reduce wait times, and is expected to expand to more airports in the future.
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New TSA policy kicks in at Jackson airport
New TSA policy kicks in at Jackson airport JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Transportation Security Administration rolled out a new policy this week in the hope of speeding up security lines. As travelers showed up to the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport on Thursday, they discovered that they no longer had to remove their shoes while going through the security screening process. Many passengers were excited about the change, relieved …
Travelers can keep shoes on through security checks now, at the Cape Girardeau Airport - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) — Travelers passing through the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport no longer have to remove their shoes at security, as long as they don’t set off an alarm or not possess a REAL ID. “So what it is, is you’re only required to take your shoes off if you alarm the system. Otherwise, you do not,” said Jo Jo Stuart, airport manager at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. “If you don’t have a REAL ID, then you’re still going to…
The End of Airport Shoe-Screening
Air travelers in America shall no more doff their chukkas, their wedges, their wingtips, their espadrilles, or their Mary Janes, according to a rule-change announced by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday. It’s been more than two decades since the Transportation Security Administration started putting people’s footwear through its scanners, after a man named Richard Reid tried and failed to detonate his high-top snea…
U.S. ends "shoes off" policy for air travelers
Richard Reid, the British "shoe bomber" who concealed explosives in his kicks but was subdued before he could detonate them, will spend the rest of his life in prison. But soon travelers will be free after 24 years removing footwear at U.S. — Read the rest The post U.S. ends "shoes off" policy for air travelers appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Kingston Whig-StandardWho is Richard Reid, the 'shoe bomber' who likely influenced the 'shoes-off' policy at U.S. airports?
Richard Ried tried to blow up an American Airlines flight with bombs hidden in his shoes in 2001, months after the 9/11 attacks in the U.S.
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