Latest Airport security News

India plans to punish people making hoax bomb threats against flights

Oct. 22, 2024 08:48 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers. In less than two weeks, more than 120 flights operated by Indian...

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Sep. 09, 2024 15:17 PM EDT

Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly. Overheating incidents rose 28% from 2019 to 2023, although such events...

Travelers are getting a head start on the long Labor Day weekend

Aug. 30, 2024 19:45 PM EDT

Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend as a lot Americans mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season’s unofficial start: by traveling. After what's already been a record-breaking...

US Navy helicopter crew members injured in Nevada training mishap released from hospital

Aug. 16, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Ten U.S. Navy crew members injured Thursday during a routine helicopter training in the northern Nevada desert were released from a Reno hospital Friday. The Navy is investigating the cause of the “mishap” involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters training at...

Delta says it's reviewing how man boarded wrong flight. A family says he was following them

Aug. 16, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines said Friday it is reviewing how a man who allegedly followed a family around the terminal then boarded the family’s plane earlier this month without a ticket for the flight. The incident happened at Washington Dulles International Airport. ...