Sri Lanka, July 9 -- Passengers at United States airports will no longer have to remove their shoes to pass through security under a new policy unveiled on Tuesday (Jul 8), 20 years after the requirement was introduced.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the change to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules at a news conference at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Passengers at US airports have been required to take off their shoes during screenings since 2006, five years after the arrest of "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid, who had explosives hidden in his footwear onboard.
"In those 20 years since that policy was put in place, our security technology has changed dramatically. It's evolved. TSA has chang...
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