What the Tech? Storing Your Driver’s License on Your Phone
Apple says Georgia and Arizona will be the first two states to accept digitally stored driver licenses and state-issued IDs at airport security.
Airport Security
MGM Airport Tests Its Emergency Response With Full-Scale Disaster Drill
The runway at Montgomery Regional Airport was filled with emergency crews Wednesday morning, responding to a mock plane crash. For nearly two hours the airport held a full-scale disaster exercise. Police, firefighters, medics and Montgomery Co. Emergency Management Agency officials lined the tarmac rescuing “victims” from a downed aircraft; using make-up and props to make it as realistic as possible. It’s…
Airlines Say Congress is Contributing to Long Airport Lines
As airport security lines get longer, the finger-pointing over blame is growing too. The nation’s leading airlines, already feuding with the Transportation Security Administration, are now taking on Congress. The trade group Airlines for America on Thursday says Congress should reverse a 2013 decision that diverted $12.6 billion in passenger-security fees to reducing the federal budget deficit. The airlines want…
TSA Finds 4 Loaded Guns in Bags at Birmingham Airport
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Federal officials say four loaded firearms were found at security checkpoints in Birmingham’s airport within three days. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Mark Howell said in a statement that two loaded handguns were found in passengers’ carry-on bags Monday morning at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Howell says and two loaded firearms were also found in passengers’ carry-on…
