TSA to soon allow passengers to keep their shoes on at airport security: Sources
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“Airplane passengers may no longer be required to take their shoes off during TSA security screenings at airports as a nearly 20-year-old policy is expected to be phased out.”
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“The Transportation Security Administration will begin to allow passengers to keep their shoes on during standard security screenings at select airports.”
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“Montgomery Regional Airport put out a press release saying the change went into effect Monday 'across all TSA federalized airports.'”
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“TSA standard security screening currently requires passengers to remove items including belts, jackets, shoes, laptops and liquids.”
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“TSA PreCheck allows passengers to keep shoes on during expeditated security screenings.”
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“TSA began requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after Richard Reid's attempted bombing on a flight.”
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