US EditionTSA Lets Travelers Keep Shoes On in Security at Major US Airports
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – The TSA ended a 20-year shoe removal rule due to improved screening technology and Real ID requirements, affecting all travelers including those without TSA PreCheck.
- On Monday, the TSA ended its nearly 20-year shoes-off policy at all checkpoints, allowing travelers to keep shoes on during security screening.
- The shoe removal rule was implemented in 2006 after Richard Reid, the 'Shoe Bomber,' failed to detonate explosives in his shoes, aiming to detect shoe-hidden threats.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that advanced imaging and layered screening technologies now allow TSA to end the shoe removal rule, reflecting improved security tools since 2006.
- TSA ending the shoes-off policy will improve passenger experience and reduce congestion at airports nationwide, with travelers already noting faster security lines and time savings.
- Over the next six to nine months, TSA plans to pilot new security lanes and review other screening rules to further simplify airport procedures.
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For the last 20 years, the security controls have said for most passengers: shoes off. However, this is now, in most cases, the end.
Off the news: TSA clears the air, nixes shoe removal rule | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Since 2006, fliers leaving Hawaii (or on their way here) have been taking their shoes off and placing them on a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conveyor belt, to be examined by X-ray for explosives. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the oh, so inconvenient requirement is coming to an end, “effective immediately.”
Travelers will no longer be required to remove their shoes at security checkpoints at U.S. airports. The measure, which has been in place for nearly 20 years, is being scrapped, according to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
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