Jasper Schuringa has been identified as the man who stopped alleged Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab aboard Flight 253 yesterday. Mutalab has been caught trying to set off explosives on the Airbus...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 22 hrs ago | updated 22 hrs ago 1001 views | 24 recommendations | 7 comments
Sig Sauer has announced a contract to equip air marshals with its .357 Sig Sauer P250 Compact pistol. The Sig Sauer P250 is small and powerful, and SIG is proud enough of the new contract to issue a TSA-approved...
opinion by Jordan Yerman | 3 days ago | updated 3 days ago 169 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
U.S. Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, is conducting an internal investigation after a blogger uncovered the existence of documents containing sensitive security information that were mistakenly...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 993 views | 18 recommendations | 2 comments
In what turned out to be an apparent false alarm, airport officials at the Los Angeles airport removed 2 men from a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant noticed a panel had made moved in the...
The concept of this article was born towards the end of my recent marathon journey vacation, which ended as we arrived to London Heathrow to see a rather disturbing sign posted just prior to the Immigration check with these unwelcoming words..."Tougher checks take longer"My...
As we didn't have enough delays at our Airports already. Beginning next year some air travellers will be scrutinized by "Behavioural Detection Officers". Some security personnel will soon start...
If you feel that security checks at the airports were long and a pain in the....well you know where, well it's for good reason. The Cell phone gun is here with a built in .22 calibre pistol loaded with...
The same day that a Marine was arrested at Boston's Logan airport for transporting the tools of terrorism, US Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL 13) expressed “strong objection” to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning that returning war veterans are susceptible to...
created by Mothra | 35 wks ago 165 views | 31 recommendations | 1 comment
Talk about a hectic first day of operations; the newly opened JetBlue terminal at JFK International Airport was shut down, Monday, after a pair of paperweight replicas of WWII grenades were found in a passenger's...
created by Tina Kells | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 688 views | 17 recommendations | 5 comments
The TSA in the US come up with the design of a laptop bag, to avoid the routine of taking computers out of a bag and placing it in a tray:"
The Transportation Security Administration is interested in evaluating -- and eventually approving –- the design of certain laptop...
created by Alfred Hermida | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 460 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
Holidays are here as well as the busiest time of the year for airport security. As an airport security screener, I would love to have a quiet Christmas, so I decided to compile some suggestions to speed your way through the security checkpoints.
* DON'T tell a screener that...
created by esther_pv04 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 569 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Traveling is something I take for granted. I'm in my late thirties and I've lived on three continents and traveled
to over 200 cities, towns and villages in more than 20 countries
spanning the globe. Since 9/11, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain a...
created by Orato | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 270 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
When I wrote about Monica Emmerson's story (click here to read the original story) and how she said she was harassed at Washington, DC's National Airport I didn't anticipate how much attention this story would...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 48603 views | 19 recommendations | 95 comments