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France decided to shut the three airports in the Paris area and others in the north of the country until 8:00 am (0600 GMT) on Monday due to the ash cloud that has caused the biggest airspace shutdown since World War II.
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard’s team took its round-the-world solar plane prototype into the skies for the first time, with 4 propellers lifting the massive craft off the ground at near bicycle speed. With the wingspan of a 747 and the weight of
The United States announced new security measures on Friday to replace the mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 countries that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day.
The firm owned by the general who withdrew his nomination to lead the Transportation Security Administration had received a contract worth almost $100 million from the Army after certifying he was a "service disabled veteran," [sleep apnea!]
President Obama's second nominee for transportation security chief withdrew from consideration because of questions over his background as a defense contractor. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding took himself out of the running as head of the Tran
The Transportation Security Administration is looking at installing devices in airports that home in and detect personal electronic equipment. "This technology will produce valuable data that can be used in a variety of ways," noting it could help pr
For those who haven't flown in a while, be prepared to be scanned, swabbed or thoroughly patted down. Maybe all 3. Many spring break travelers are about to have their first encounter with airport security measures stepped up after Christmas,
Starting April 2, 2010, US Airways will go cashless on all domestic mainline flights. Everything bought on the a/c will require a visa/mc credit card or debit card. Please plan accordingly.
"When I went through the metal detector, first they told me to take my trainers off, then they took my wallet off me. Then the guy who checked me told me to turn my T-shirt inside out," he said,
Dr Sarah Myhill, MB BS, says: "Anybody undergoing a flight in an aircraft is at risk of being poisoned by noxious gases, oil fumes and pesticides... Therefore I now routinely advise all my patients who are considering such a flight to wear an activa
Dr Sarah Myhill, MB BS, says: "Anybody undergoing a flight in an aircraft is at risk of being poisoned by noxious gases, oil fumes and pesticides... Therefore I now routinely advise all my patients who are considering such a flight to wear an activa
President Obama wants a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration. The decision to appoint someone with an extensive intelligence background comes after the attempted Christmas airlin
An air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy Airport was suspended for allowing his young son to radio instructions to several pilots. The few quick exchanges between the elementary-school-aged child and jets waiting to take off from JFK, one of t
Based on air speed records is classified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), states that non-experimental aircraft that holds the record for the fastest in the world until the publication of this writing, still held by the SR-71 Blac
Just when I thought I was out of the Transportation Security Administration business they pull me back in. Did you hear about the cop whose 4 year old disabled son wasn't allowed to pass through airport security unless he took off his leg braces?
Last month's column on the TSA worker who jokingly planted a bag of white powder on a passenger at Philadelphia International Airport generated a half-million page views and scores of tips of other alleged abuses by those who work to keep us safe.
A senior in Middle-Eastern Studies at Pomona College, was detained, handcuffed, and intensively questioned by the TSA while trying to catch a flight back to school from Philadelphia. The TSA guards found English-Arabic flashcards in his luggage
"Then I saw these girls - they had these printouts. I looked at them. I thought they were some forms you had to fill. I said 'give them to me' - and you could see everything..."
Our primary objection is to the very existence of a system under which the government requires common carriers to identify each would-be traveler and get the government’s permission (”clearance”) before they can travel. Such a scheme is made far wor
Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter should make its first flight Monday after performing well on taxi tests and reaching a top speed of about 103.5 mph. At 250 feet long, the plane is the largest Boeing has ever built and about 18 feet longer than the
A Transportation Security Administration employee in Florida is behind bars this weekend after a 15-year-old girl claimed he groped her and asked if she would be his "sex slave," according to published reports.
WeCU Tech.is building a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger - without the subject's knowledge. WeCU is creating a system that would turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds.
A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a NY-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where he was greeted by police, bomb-sniffing dogs a
On a recent layover in Detroit, I was filming roaming squads of TSA agents searching passengers at the gates. I didn’t feel like answering their questions, and their response was, well, see for yourself . . . In part 1 I interact with Janetta a TS
The last thing we expect is a joke from a Transportation Security Administration screener - particularly one this stupid.
CNN's Cal Perry takes a look at the world's first solar-powered plane and explains its loose connection to "Star Trek."
President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.
The mandate for the WORLD PASSPORT is Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. The World Passport is a 30 page Machine Readable Tra
The clandestine fleet has grown to include twin-engine turboprops, executive jets and retired Boeing 727s that are flying multi-ton loads of cocaine and possibly weapons to an area in Africa [controlled by] Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Already this week the TSA was caught in a lie about what it likes to call whole body imaging (virtual strip search) machines, when the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) obtained documents showing that, despite TSA claims that “this state-o
