Us Airport Scans

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  Passenger Makes Bomb Threat In US After Missing Flight

  The plane and the luggage was thoroughly scanned and the threat was found to be unfunded.

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  Computers, Not Humans To Scan Carry-On Bags In US Airport

  Federal officials said Tuesday that they are expanding tests to speed up airport lines and improve security.

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  Full-Body Electronic Scan For Some Passengers At US Airports: Security Agency

  Some passengers at US airports might have to go through full-body electronic scan for security reasons, authorities have said, ending a policy that allows anyone to opt out of the advanced imaging screening, in wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and California.

• Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Security at US Airports Tightened

  Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.

• Gen-next airport scanners to read every molecule in your body

  Sick of intrusive airport security checks? These next-generation scanners can make things worse for you! A new technology being developed on behalf of the US government will allow airport staffers to scan every single molecule in your body.

• US seeks to scan travellers at Pakistani airports

  The US has sought data of all passengers flying out from Pakistan and proposed to deploy American security officials at Pakistan's airports to thwart terror attacks on its soil, a Pakistani Foreign Office official has revealed.According to the official, Washington had been pushing Pakistan for months to give it access to the Passenger Name Record (...

• Security screening for envoys of all countries: Ronen Sen

  Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

• Krishna on Meera Shankar being patted down: 'It is unacceptable'

  India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...

• Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar patted down at US airport

  Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status. The incident took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where sari-clad Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending...

• At US airports, 'body scan' or 'gate rape'?

  The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has implemented the controversial full-body scanners at many US airports as part of strengthening up security of air travel. While several passengers said they had no difficulties in passing through new security systems, others are up in arms.Thirty one-year-old John Tyner has become the unofficial hero o...

• Obama govt says new aiport screening justified

  Caught between complaints that airport screening has become too intrusive and threats of new terror attacks on aviation, Obama administration officials said on Sunday that they were sensitive to criticisms that security measures go too far, but insisted that the measures now in place are justified by the risks. (Read: Body searches at US airpor...