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‘Safe-list’ travelers get fast track through airport security
By Tim Hume for CNN (CNN) — A new program that allows American fliers to avoid pre-flight pat-downs by submitting to one-off security vetting is proving successful, and is set to expand, says the U.S....
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New hologram assistant at Dulles airport
DULLES, Virginia — New technology at Washington Dulles International Airport is creating quite a stir. It’s a life-size hologram… created to give air travelers important information about the airport....
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Indiana man: TSA agent spilled grandpa’s ashes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An Indiana man is demanding an apology after a TSA agent insisted on sifting through his grandfather’s ashes, spilling a third of his remains onto the terminal floor. John Gross...
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TSA testing drinks bought after security checkpoints
DENVER, Colo. – A seemingly new airport security measure is leaving some passengers surprised and upset. Passengers in Colorado say they’ve been asked to hand over drinks they buy inside the airport...
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Airport security breach caught on camera
ATLANTA (WSB) – A passenger at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport says he caught a blatant security breach on his cell phone camera. The passenger with an iPhone was in the cell phone...
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Budget cuts close air control towers
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The federal government will close 173 air traffic control towers at small- and medium-size airports on April 7 because of forced spending cuts, the Federal Aviation Administration...
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Live grenade found in luggage at Va. airport
WASHINGTON (WTVR) — Security agents confiscated a live smoke grenade that a passenger tried to bring aboard a flight at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia. Security agents said the man...
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Body scanners pulled from RIC, airports nationwide
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The harshest critics labeled them “virtual strip searches.” Airport passenger screening that produced particularly realistic full-body images using backscatter technology. Others...
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Feds tracking RIC phone threat
HENRICO, Va (WTVR) – Federal agents are investigating a phone call to Richmond International Airport Tuesday morning that led to the evacuation of the entire terminal. The FBI office in Richmond...
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Los Angeles airport terminal shuts briefly after dry ice in plastic bottle...
(CNN) — Dry ice in a plastic bottle exploded in an employee restroom at Los Angeles International Airport, causing a brief shutdown of one terminal, the FBI said. The restroom is an area of Terminal 2...
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Check your flight delays, cancellations
RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) — Check the status of your flight, airport delays and other flight information by clicking here.
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Looming snow storm causing winter travel disruptions
RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) — The looming winter storm has created a bit of traveling trouble for some across the nation, including here in Central Virginia. “This has been a very difficult winter,” Troy Bell...
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