Tag: Airport Security
India plans to punish people making hoax bomb threats against flights
The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the...
Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm
Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into...
Traveling over Labor Day weekend? Have a back-up plan for cancellations and delays
Many children have gone back to school in the U.S., and the days are getting shorter, but there is still one more excuse...
Germany to impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters
BERLIN -- Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters, a response to...
More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time
A traveler walks through the departure area as airline catering workers who are employed by Gate Gourmet picket with their supporters, calling for...
The July 4th holiday rush is on. TSA expects to screen a record number of travelers this weekend
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Nicole Lindsay thought she could beat the holiday-week travel rush by booking an early-morning flight. It didn't work...