Are you afraid to take off your shoes when going to airport security?
This condition is going at airports in the United States, which means that the agents of the Transport Security Administration will allow you to keep your shoes when undergoing a security examination.
Christie Nom, Minister of Internal Security, announced the change on Tuesday afternoon.
“We know that when President Trump was elected that he pledged to make life better for all Americans, including travelers who pass through our crowded airports,” Nayyu said.
Naim said it is important to simplify the process because the United States is looking forward to major events such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup that will bring “the two registered travelers.”
She said: “Many people will be on the airlines that travel inside and outside our airports, and it is important to find ways to maintain the safety of people, but also simplifying the process and making the process more enjoyable for everyone.”
The American Federation of Government Employees also confirmed that some airports adopted the new policy on Friday before the change being implemented on a wider scale, and agencies were working on updating the TSA employees, Washington Post mentioned.
How will security offers change?
Aircraft travelers will continue to pass through multiple layers of examination, including identity verification, portable luggage examination and individual examination-all without the need to take off their shoes.
Naim said that there is an example when the TSA agent determines the additional examination and the travelers will be asked to take off their shoes.
What airports have already set the shoe policy?
As of Tuesday, the policy was quietly put forward at the airports that included Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Fort Lauderdiel International Airport, Cincinnati Airport/Kentucky International Airport, Portland International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and Bidmont International Airport in North Carolina, According to CBS News.
Nom said that the new policy will be implemented quickly at airports throughout the country.
Each airport has different examination equipment with different capabilities, but Nayyim said that its federal agency “evaluated the equipment that each airport has” and was “completely confident” that with the removal of a non -throat policy, airports “still have security needs at every checkpoint.”
What about Lax?
It is not clear when Los Angeles International Airport will be expelled. LAX officials have referred the Times questions about the change to TSA.
By the way, the policy of examining the new shoes in TSA will not only benefit travelers who pass the regular security checkpoint. Travelers who applied to get their shoes, pay them, and pay for a quick examination through TSA Prechack or Clear exempt from removing their shoes during the examination.
The practice of making passengers throw their shoes in a box to be examined Created in 2006 After an accident in December 2001, when, months after the September 11 terrorist attacks, a British man took a journey with homemade bombs hidden inside his shoes.
During the American lines trip from Paris to Miami, Richard Colvin Reid tried to detonate his shoes but struggled to light the valves, according to what he said Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The crew members and passengers set Red; The flight was transferred to Logan International Airport in Boston, where officers were detained.
Red for FBI’s agents admitted that he made shoe bombs, which held 10 ounces of explosive materials, according to federal officials.
Getting rid of the shoe removal policy is not surprising
In April, TSA announced that it is working with the Ministry of Internal Security to develop “passenger examination technology from the next generation”, with the aim of making the security examination more efficient, According to the agency.
John Fortune, Directorate of Science and Technology at the Ministry of Internal Security, is leading the airport passenger examination research in the department.
His team has developed ways to enhance the current technology used in the examination machine where you stand with your hands over your head, and create more clear X -ray photos, according to the federal agency.
TSA stated that Fortune and his team were currently looking to replace or update the current passenger examination systems, specifically to target shoes.
“How can you perform a shoe examination, or do you put it in an existing gateway system where a person is already standing while examining his shoes at the same time?” He said. “Is it possible to place it elsewhere inside the checkpoint where it may increase efficiency? Any actual time that involves re -imagining the checkpoint.”
Internal security did not answer the Times question regarding the work of Fortune and the announcement of the new policy related to the removal of shoes.
During the Tuesday’s announcement, Nayyoud said that the Federal Agency has the ability to implement other security examination technology and will experience many different security checkpoints throughout the country “would allow individuals to reach a security checkpoint and may not even have to interact with officers at all, walk through machines, and maintain their bag with them, and not remove laptops.”
Experimental programs can be explored over the six to nine months.