Gone are the days when friends and family could walk you to your gate and you could board an airplane without a detailed airport security check. (For you youngsters, yes, that actually happened once ...

The days of being forced at airport security checkpoints to remove laptops and liquids from carry-on bags may be coming to an end. The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it ...

The landscape of aviation security has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, driven largely by advancements in technology. With the increasing number of air travelers and the ...

How do the machines work? There are two kinds of scanning devices­, back-scatter and millimeter wave. Back-scatter scanning machines send narrow, low-density X-ray beams over the subject, front and ...

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A traveler with a bulge in their body from a cyst or hernia might get flagged for an invasive airport security screening to look for explosives, a case report suggests. In many larger airports, X-rays ...

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It’s only a matter of time before New England air travelers join others across the country in experiencing a new airport screening method that seems ripped straight from the pages of Philip K. Dick’s ...

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Philadelphia International Airport is in the process of adding a new security feature for international travelers. Facial biometric technology is coming to 25 gates in Terminal A East and A West to ...