Airline Passengers Face Tighter Security
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WASHINGTON - Starting next week, all airline passengers must take off their jackets before passing through metal detectors and more will be subjected to pat-down searches and checks for explosives, the Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday.    Screeners will advise passengers of the new procedures when they put their carryon bags on the conveyor belt, TSA spokeswoman Yolanda Clark said...
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Even with all the security gains since the Sept. 11 attacks, most airline passengers in the United States aren't screened for explosives before boarding a plane.
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Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. The onboard checks, which started at the beginning of November, are part of a broader program to improve security, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said.
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Travelers setting off for the Fourth of July holiday can expect tighter security at U.S. airports in response to an attack Saturday on the Glasgow airport in Scotland.
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No one hears passenger complaints more often than security screeners, who must learn a variety of techniques to deal with the mundane, the scary -- and the occasional traveler who doesn't want to abide by the rules.
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Amtrak passengers will have to submit to random screening of carry-on bags in a major new security push that will include officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, the railroad planned to announce today.
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The U.S. government unveiled plans  on Thursday for a revised computer-based program using personal  information to identify airline passengers who may pose a  threat to air travel.
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Anyone who works at an airport or aboard a cruise ship will have his identity checked against government watch lists, just like commercial airline passengers.
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Canada tightened airport security on  Monday after it emerged that screening staff had lost more than  1,100 pieces of clothing and identification this year, but  officials insisted the losses posed no threat.
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United and US Airways -- in bankruptcy protection and Delta Air Lines creeping ever closer, passengers are increasingly worried about some fundamental issues
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Authorities beefed up security at airports across Brazil on Thursday to protect airline workers from fist-waving passengers angered by flight delays, the latest problem to hit the country's aviation system.
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Workers moving through secure areas at Britain's Manchester Airport will be giving security the eye now that an iris-scanning biometric access control system has been installed at that facility.
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Visitors could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to beef up border security
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It is 4 pm at Reagan National Airport and the lines of anxious passengers eager to leave Washington are now backed up at the south security checkpoint in a line about 50 people long.
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Amtrak passengers will be subjected to random screening of their carry-on bags as part of a new security initiative that will include armed officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, an Amtrak spokeswoman said Monday.
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A foreign airline has been given permission by the federal government to carry electronic Taser stun guns on some of its flights in the United States to protect against hijackings or other attacks.
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The US government wants airlines to turn over information on more than a million people who traveled in June to test a new system for identifying passengers who may pose a security risk, officials said on Tuesday.