President Obama nominated Erroll Southers, the Los Angeles airport police department's chief of homeland security and intelligence, in September -- eight months after taking office.
Washington (CNN) -- Studies by the U.S. government and professional organizations conclude the level of radiation emitted by full-body airport scanners is safe for passengers, according to a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report, but the findings likely will not end the dispute over backscatter X-ray machines.
For Phase II, the Department of Transportation cleared the airport to add 18 more destinations, but Sullivan said not all of the newly authorized flights will begin Friday.
He founded and runs Air Serv, which provides ticket checkers, airplane cleaners and cargo handlers for airlines at 27 U.S. airports. (Airport security is now overseen by the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration.) Argenbright is also chief executive of SecurAmerica, a three-year-old company that provides security guards for corporate campuses and office buildings.
This sentiment is aptly captured in a poster put out by the state tourism department of Tamil Nadu at Madras airport.
D.s, are now at work on a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop sensors for airport terminals as well as sensors that can detect a broader range of explosives.
He founded and runs Air Serv, which provides ticket checkers, airplane cleaners and cargo handlers for airlines at 27 U.S. airports. (Airport security is now overseen by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.) Argenbright is also chief executive of SecurAmerica, a three-year-old company that provides security guards for corporate campuses and office buildings.
For example, starting in August, a British Airways jet stuck on the tarmac for more than four hours at Kennedy Airport in New York is subject to fines imposed by the US Department of Transportation.
Abdulmutallab, 23, was charged in a federal criminal complaint Saturday with attempting to destroy the plane Friday on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and placing a destructive device on the aircraft, the Department of Justice said.
He said the fact that the terrorists used airplanes meant the department was under a lot of pressure initially to deal with airport security.
Kansas City International Airport shut down because of the weather, according to Joe McBride with the city's aviation department.
Earlier today the Department of Transportation proposed a regulation that would require airline Web sites and automated airport kiosks to be accessible, and a new federal rule announced last week strengthens protections at train station platforms.
However, in its antitrust review of the expected merger, the Justice Department could force the carrier to divest some of those slots at the flight-constricted airport.
The US Department of Homeland Security released a report stating that the X-Ray scanners used in airport security are safe, based on research and interviews with scientists.
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