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President Barack Obama signed a bill into law yesterday to streamline airport screening procedures for service members and their families traveling on official orders. The Risk-based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act gives the Transportation Security Administration six months to develop and implement a plan to expedite screening services for service members [...]

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking for monitor the levels of radiation that its employees are exposed to from X-ray technology, as well as airport body scanners, a document from the agency says. In the document, the TSA said it plans to begin performing radiation measurements using personal dosimeters, which are devices worn on [...]

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Two men were arrested by the custom officers at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport for attempting to smuggle 44, 400 memory cards from Hong Kong. The incident occurs at midnight when the duo landed in a Jet Airways flight. The duo has been recognized as Imran Abdul, 29 and Shakeeb Ghulam, 25. They were caught by [...]

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A man attempted to board a plane in Argentina with approximately 250 poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles in his baggage, each carefully labelled with its Latin name. Czech citizen Karel Abelovsky, 51, was on the way to Spain when airport officials made him open his luggage at Buenos Aires international airport after police recognize the [...]

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The Cuban government has approved to have direct flights from New Orleans for the 1st time in more than 50 years; opening the entry for travel companies from anyplace in the country to apply for permits to make flight plans originating from New Orleans. In March, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed an application from [...]

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Chennai’s require for a world-class airport is getting late because the secondary runway has hit a roadblock. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has made it clear that without the taking away of barriers like houses, water tanks and trees, it cannot open the full-portion of the secondary runway. Also, with metro rail works also [...]

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Following news of the Intelligence Bureau pointing possible terror attacks with the use of hijacked aircrafts, Bangalore International Airport (BIA) authorities on Sunday said they had sufficient security in place to deter any attack. Intelligence information recommended that there could be attempts by terrorist elements to board aircraft originating at smaller airports like Hubli, hijack [...]

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The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) planning to take up work on the second runway next year. According to Mr G.V. Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Group, which has 43 percent stake in BIAL, work on the second runway at the airport would be taken up next year, and work on the third runway will begin [...]

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A man who tried to board a Southwest Airlines flight with equipments that resembled bomb parts was ordered held without bond on Friday by a federal judge, authorities said. Anthony Falco Jr., 47, faces two felony counts alleging he gave fake and confusing statements about the stuffing of his carryon bag so he could board [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Passengers on a flight bound for San Francisco used emergency parachutes to evacuate a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington after the pilot noticed something was wrong with the engine. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Kimberly Gibbs says the United Airlines flight was on the airport taxiway about 1 p.m. Wednesday [...]

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