TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Magic Valley Regional Airport (TWF) discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on luggage of a male traveler Tuesday morning. This is the first firearm discovered in…
Press Releases
April 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
April 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) checkpoint this morning. At approximately 5:30 a.m., a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun was detected in a…
April 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia resident was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) this morning, April 10 when they detected a handgun in the woman’s carry-on bag.The woman was stopped…
April 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday celebrated the career and retirements of Bela, an explosive detection canine who has worked as a Passenger Screening Canine since 2014.…
April 9, 2019 | Local Press Release
ROANOKE, Va. – A Lynchburg, Virginia, area woman was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded handgun at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint Monday, April 8. The TSA officer who was staffing the…
April 9, 2019 | Local Press Release
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday introduced two explosive detection canines who will be working in the security checkpoint queue at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The canines…
April 9, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – On the busiest travel days this spring, TSA officers at Boston Logan International Airport will screen more than 70,000 passengers per day.Nationally, the number of passengers expected to fly this spring is expected to be the highest…
April 8, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration announced today that the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee has been established in accordance with Section 1969 of Public Law No: 115-254. The STSAC will be composed of voting…
April 8, 2019
WASHINGTON – The number of firearms caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at checkpoints at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) have increased at an alarming rate this year as TSA officers caught the ninth gun of the…
TSA honors SacRT with 'Gold Standard Award' for transit security and emergency preparedness programs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) with the prestigious Gold Standard Award at a meeting of the transit agency’s Board of Directors Monday evening. TSA…
April 8, 2019 | Local Press Release
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—A Wayne County, West Virginia, man was caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at the Huntington Tri-State Airport checkpoint this morning, April 8.TSA officers stopped the Genoa,…
April 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – A Fairfax County, Virginia, man was arrested Friday, April 5, at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him with a handgun in his carry-on bag.It…
April 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested on Thursday evening, April 4, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport caught him trying to bring a loaded gun past a security…
April 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Transportation Security Administration has been working closely with the Worcester Regional Transit Authority in Central Massachusetts during the course of the past 20 months to help ensure that the mass transit agency has…
April 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
ABILENE, Tex. – A temporary TSA Pre✓® application center will be open at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI) for two weeks in April.The application center, which will be located in an RV parked outside the baggage claim area at the airport, will be open…
April 4, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration is reminding travelers that beginning October 1, 2020, every traveler must present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, or another acceptable form of identification, to fly within the United…
April 4, 2019 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – A Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) today, April 4, when they detected a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag.The Irwin,…
April 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Nashville International Airport (BNA) checkpoint this morning. At approximately 9:30 a.m., a loaded Taurus 9mm handgun was detected in a passenger’…
April 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine girl battling a life-threatening autoimmune disease dreamed of going to Disney World. Thanks to the collaboration of Disney, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Transportation Security Administration team at Portland…
April 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
BURLINGTON, Vt. – On the busiest travel days this spring, TSA officers at Burlington International Airport will screen more than 2,800 passengers per day.Nationally, the number of passengers expected to fly this spring is expected to be the…
April 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
ALCOA, Tenn. – The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning. At approximately 6:45 a.m., a loaded Charter .38-caliber handgun was detected in a passenger’s…
April 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, Ore. – With a record number of people expected to depart Portland International Airport (PDX) during the 2019 spring break travel season, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today provided tips and advice to make the travel…
April 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man found out that Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport were not joking this April Fool’s Day when they stopped him from bringing a handgun onto an…
April 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) stopped a Norfolk County, Massachusetts, man from bringing a loaded handgun onto an airplane yesterday, Sunday, March 31. It marked the fourth gun…
March 29, 2019 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va.—An area man was caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded handgun at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint on Thursday, March 28th. It marked the fourth gun that TSA officers have caught at the airport so…
