Us Airport Scans

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 (...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 (...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...