Posts Tagged ‘airport security’
 

 
Filtered images from a backscatter body scanner. (Photo by TSA)

TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse

It turns out that more than 90 of the controversial scanners removed from major airports will sit in a Texas warehouse indefinitely.
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica
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SkyWest Delta Connection CRJ being lifted out of a ditch by crane at St. George Airport in Utah. (Photo by KSL)

Did Someone Try to Steal a SkyWest Plane in Utah Last Night? [UPDATE: YES]

St. George Airport was closed Tuesday morning as FBI agents investigated how a Delta regional jet ended up in a public car parking lot.
by admin
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Photos: Behind-the-Scenes at an Airport Rescue Exercise

Emergency responders in Seattle recently took part in a massive rescue exercise at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, simulating hostage situations, plane crashes and bombings. Here's an inside look.
by Tad Carlson
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Jet2.com Boing 737-300 (G-CELI) "Manchester Jet". (Photo by Juergen Lehle, CC BY-SA)

No Ticket, No ID: British Boy Sneaks Onto Airline Flight

Three Jet2.com employees are suspended after an 11-year-old boy managed to board a plane without a passport, ticket or boarding pass.
by BNO News
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A technician assembles a brand new TSA body scanner. (Photo by Matt Molnar/NYCAviation)

Naked Image Full Body Scanners To Be Taken Out Of US airports

The TSA has announced that airports will soon discontinue their use of controversial scanners which reveal nude images of passengers.
by David Ferguson, Raw Story
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