Press Releases

WASHINGTON —The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 5,028 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first nine months of 2024. This total represents an average of 18.3 firearms detected per day at TSA checkpoints, more…

Passengers are reminded to learn the rules for traveling with a firearm before they head to the airport.  Travelers should know exactly what is in their bags.  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Louis Armstrong New…

PHILADELPHIA – When a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint scanner at Philadelphia International Airport alarmed in the groin area of a Columbia County, Pa., man yesterday (September 30), a shotgun shell that appeared to be tampered…

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today its TSA PreCheck® program added Caribbean Airlines and RED Air to the nearly 100 airlines now participating in the program.TSA PreCheck is an expedited screening program…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a passenger from bringing a handgun onboard an airplane at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Sunday. This was the second incident in five days. A gun was…

PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport intercepted a handgun at one of the security checkpoints on Wednesday (September 25). It was the…

PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport intercepted a firearm at the main security checkpoint yesterday, September 15. The 9mm firearm was loaded with 10 bullets. When TSA officers…

SPOKANE - The next time you depart Spokane International Airport (GEG), you will have the option of having your identity verified by the latest generation of Credential Authentication Technology (CAT). The Transportation Security Administration (TSA…

PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport intercepted a handgun at one of the security checkpoints yesterday (September 24). It was the 30th firearm detected at the airport checkpoints…

Passengers are reminded to know the rules for traveling with a firearm before they head to the airport.  Passengers should arrive early and know exactly what is in their bags.  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at…

LANCASTER, Pa.– Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Lancaster Airport intercepted a handgun at the security checkpoint yesterday, September 22. The 9mm firearm was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber. An…

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Ma’Kiah Cherae Coleman, 20, of Glendale, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to four months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release for assaulting a Transportation Security…

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a loaded firearm at Syracuse Hancock International Airport that was detected among a traveler’s carry-on items at the checkpoint today, September 18. The 9mm caliber…

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.– Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at State College Regional Airport intercepted a handgun at the security checkpoint yesterday, September 16. The 9mm firearm was loaded with nine bullets, including one in the…

SEATTLE – Three security screening officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Washington state earned gold medals at the agency’s annual TSA National Olympics held last week at TSA headquarters in Springfield, Virginia. The…

NORFOLK, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Virginia Beach man from bringing his gun onto a flight yesterday, September 15, just…

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Lynchburg Regional Airport prevented a Lynchburg man from bringing his gun onto a flight this morning, September 16. The 9mm firearm was loaded with four bullets. The firearm…

NORFOLK, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a North Carolina., man from bringing his gun onto a flight at Norfolk International Airport today, September 12. The 9mm firearm was…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a…

ARLINGTON, Va. – A Georgia woman was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport intercepted a teal-colored gun with black floral designs on it among the woman’s carry-on…

NEW YORK – A Suffolk County, N.Y., man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, September 5, when they detected a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag. The 9mm handgun was loaded with…

JACKSON, MS— The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) has begun installing new state-of-the-art advanced technology…

PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport intercepted a handgun in a carry-on bag on Saturday (September 7) and another one on Sunday (September 8) at the main security checkpoint just days…

LINTHICUM, Md.—Thomas Battillo will never forget. He will always remember his son’s phone call. He will always remember the sound. He will always remember working on Wall Street. And he will always remember his colleagues who were not lucky enough…

PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport intercepted a handgun at one of the security checkpoints yesterday. It was the 29th firearm detected at the airport checkpoints this year.…