Security at Washington, DC, airports beefed up after US Capitol was stormed | FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
Security at Washington, DC, airports beefed up after US Capitol was stormed | FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
January 8, 2021 Authorbaji55
As supporters of President Trump return home after Wednesday's protests, US airlines and law
enforcement officials have increased security at the two major Washington-area airports, as a
top lawmaker urged authorities to bar anyone from flying who violated the Capitol.
Amid anger at the crowd of MAGA demonstrators who smashed their way into the seat of American democracy, the beefed-up security at Dulles International and Reagan National airports is coming.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority state travellers should expect to see law enforcement's improved presence as they fly through airports.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said they worked closely with law enforcement authorities to safeguard individuals and enforce strict flight mask policies.
United and American also boosted staffing at the airports in the area and shifted their crews away from downtown DC hotels earlier this week.
Southwest Airlines said that while flying, tracking incidents and expected customers to comply with applicable rules, federal air regulations and crew member instructions.
It came as House Homeland Security Committee Democratic Chairman Bennie Thompson requested that any rioters reported as entering the Capitol building be barred from future flights.
The 'no-fly' list is a database maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center that includes the names of persons who are not authorized to travel inside, into, or out of the United States on commercial aircraft.
The list was established in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
The use of the list has been criticized by civil libertarians, arguing that those added names were carried out without due process.
In October 2019, after four individuals filed suit, a federal appeals court upheld the mostly classified requirements that the government uses to add alleged terrorists to the list.
The federal government has generally kept the number of individuals on the list secret, but it was learned in 2014 that there were at least 47,000 names.
A popular leader of the union has also called for banning Trump supporters from commercial flights out of the city.
Amid anger at the crowd of MAGA demonstrators who smashed their way into the seat of American democracy, the beefed-up security at Dulles International and Reagan National airports is coming.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority state travellers should expect to see law enforcement's improved presence as they fly through airports.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said they worked closely with law enforcement authorities to safeguard individuals and enforce strict flight mask policies.
United and American also boosted staffing at the airports in the area and shifted their crews away from downtown DC hotels earlier this week.
Southwest Airlines said that while flying, tracking incidents and expected customers to comply with applicable rules, federal air regulations and crew member instructions.
It came as House Homeland Security Committee Democratic Chairman Bennie Thompson requested that any rioters reported as entering the Capitol building be barred from future flights.
The 'no-fly' list is a database maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center that includes the names of persons who are not authorized to travel inside, into, or out of the United States on commercial aircraft.
The list was established in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
The use of the list has been criticized by civil libertarians, arguing that those added names were carried out without due process.
In October 2019, after four individuals filed suit, a federal appeals court upheld the mostly classified requirements that the government uses to add alleged terrorists to the list.
The federal government has generally kept the number of individuals on the list secret, but it was learned in 2014 that there were at least 47,000 names.
A popular leader of the union has also called for banning Trump supporters from commercial flights out of the city.