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US closes no-fly loophole exposed by Faisal Shahzad
Airlines must recheck passenger lists within two hours of being notified of a ‘special circumstances’ name on the no-fly list. The rule comes after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad at a New York airport.
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Coming to airports: TSA will swab passenger hands for explosives
The TSA announced Wednesday that it will begin random swabbing of passengers' hands to check for signs of explosives.
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Flying while distracted? Northwest pilots say they used laptops.
Pilots of the Northwest flight that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles say they were looking at their laptops. Skeptical experts say longer-lasting recorders would have helped understand what happened in the cockpit.
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More states try to model N.Y.'s passenger bill of rights
Airlines are resisting talk of a passenger bill of rights, saying such regulation is the purview of US government.
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