The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is phasing out the requirement for passengers to remove their shoes during security screening. Starting Sunday, passengers will be allowed to keep their shoes on at many major airports. Previously, only TSA PreCheck passengers could keep their shoes on. The TSA aims to implement this new policy at all U.S. airports soon. However, passengers who trigger alarms will still need to undergo additional screening, removing their shoes. This policy shift marks a significant change from the TSA's regulations that began in 2006 after a shoe bomb attempt.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to allow passengers to keep their shoes on when they go through the general security line at many major airports across the country, starting Sunday.
The goal is to roll the new policy out to all U.S. airports shortly, according to the memo. Previously, only passengers in the TSA PreCheck line were able to keep their shoes on in most cases.
Passengers who trigger the alarm at the scanners or magnetometers, however, will be required to take their shoes off for additional screening, according to the memo.
This is a major shift since TSA began requiring passengers to take their shoes off in 2006. The policy came five years after Richard Reid tried to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami with explosives packed in his shoes.
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