Shoes To Get More Scrutiny
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines and airports Sunday to be more vigilant in detecting passengers boarding planes with explosives in their shoes. The FAA order, which follows a similar one issued Dec. 11 warning that hijackers might try to smuggle weapons in their footwear, poses a challenge for U.S. airports. In the United States, the current generation of walk-through machines that screen passengers for weapons can’t detect plastic explosives, and most airline passengers and their carry-on bags aren’t checked for explosives by other means, such as bomb-sniffing dogs.
Jan 2002
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