False Active Shooter Report at LAX Causes Panic, Flight Delays
Late Sunday night, Twitter was humming with reports of an active shooter at LAX and evacuations at several terminals.
Late Sunday night, Twitter was humming with reports of an active shooter at LAX and evacuations at several terminals.
Port Authority Police conduct weekly active shooter drills and multiagency response exercises, but reportedly have no access to public address systems.
In one instance at Newark Liberty International Airport, a person in the terminal making a phone call threatening one of the airplanes was not caught on security cameras.
Governor Daniel P. Malloy and his wife, Cathy, were taking their son to the airport when they brought their son’s backpack through a private back door instead of having their son take it through security checkpoints.
The manufacturer is working with the Transportation Security Administration for possible deployment in U.S. airports.
The lanes allow five travelers to place their carry-on luggage on a conveyor belt at once and improves the flow of passengers through security checkpoints.
While the upgrade was not a result of the incident, the old surveillance system did not produce useable images of the vandals.
Fliers are to expect to allot an additional 30 to 45 minutes to account for the added security.
SSI spoke with former TSA Assistant Administrator of Security Operations Mike Restovich to explain the challenges and solutions for protecting airports against such an attack.
Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport has a tight security system, so how could an attack like this be pulled off? Could it have been prevented?
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