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Washington Post
3 days ago
- Washington Post
After years of tough rules on liquids and footwear, US air travel may be on the cusp of a new era
NEW YORK — When limits on liquids were introduced at TSA checkpoints across the country in 2006, bins overflowed with bottled water, toothpaste, shaving cream and so much more. Nearly two decades later, travelers are much more accustomed to the '3-1-1' regulations' governing the size of the liquids they're flying with, but scenes of passengers guzzling a beverage before putting their bags through the screening machines are still common.
The Independent
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
First the shoes went back on. Now, at US airport security, more liquid in carry-ons may be at hand
Travelers giddy about being able to keep their shoes on while walking through TSA checkpoints at the airport again may have something else to look forward to: changes to how much liquid they can carry. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday during a conference hosted by 'The Hill' that she is questioning 'everything TSA does" and spoke of possible changes to the amount of liquids travelers can tote in their carry-on baggage. 'The liquids, I'm questioning. So that may be the next big announcement is what size your liquids need to be,' Noem said. "We have put in place in TSA a multilayered screening process that allows us to change some of how we do security and screening so it's still as safe.' She gave no details about precisely what those changes might be or how quickly travelers could expect to see them. Under the Transportation and Security Administration's current guidance, travelers can carry liquids in travel-sized containers 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less per item in their carry-on bag. Those containers must be placed in a one-quart resealable plastic bag. Bigger containers must go in checked baggage, though there are exceptions for medications and baby formula. Noem announced on July 8 that travelers were no longer required to take their shoes off while going through screening after a pilot program showed TSA had the equipment needed to keep airports and aircraft safe while allowing people to keep their shoes on. That policy had been in place since 2006, several years after 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid's failed attempt to take down a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001. The limits on liquids were triggered by a 2006 incident where authorities foiled a plot to used liquid explosives smuggled aboard carry-on luggage to blow up planes. Noem also laid out her vision for the future of airport travel during the talk Wednesday. 'Hopefully, the future of an airport, where I'm looking to go is that you walk in the door with your carry-on suitcase, you walk through a scanner and go right to your plane,' Noem said. 'It takes you one minute.'
CTV News
4 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Liquids rule could be the next U.S. airport security screening change, DHS Secretary suggests
Delta planes at Terminal C of LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday, April 7, 2024. The liquid rule for carry-on bags could be the next airport security measure to be overhauled. Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, hinted at a possible policy change on Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit hosted by The Hill and NewsNation in Washington. 'But I will tell you — I mean the liquids — I'm questioning. So that may be the next big announcement is what size your liquids need to be,' Noem told NewsNation's host Blake Burman. Noem's comments came shortly after DHS rolled back a rule in place for nearly two decades requiring travelers to remove their shoes at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints. The DHS oversees the TSA, which was established after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The TSA's 3-1-1 liquids rule — which requires that liquids in carry-on luggage be limited to 3.4 ounces or less and stored in a single, one-quart, resealable plastic bag — was introduced in September 2006. The rule was established shortly after a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives on transatlantic flights was foiled by British police, according to an official TSA timeline. Larger quantities of liquids, gels and aerosols are permitted in checked luggage. Noem spoke more broadly about streamlining the airport screening experience for U.S. travelers. 'Hopefully the future of an airport, where I'm looking to go, is that you walk in the door with your carry-on suitcase, you walk through a scanner and go right to your flight,' Noem said. 'It takes you one minute.' Noem said DHS is talking with various companies about technology that could help achieve that goal, adding that travelers will see pilot programs at a few airports before such measures would be implemented widely. The secretary added that the multi-layered security screening system allows for changes. 'It is still a process that is protecting people who are traveling on our airlines, but it has to make sense,' she said. 'It has to actually do something to make you safer,' Noem said, followed by a dig at the Biden administration. TSA and DHS did not immediately respond to CNN's request for more details about possible policy changes.
