Press Releases

ROANOKE, Va. – A West Virginia woman was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with a loaded handgun at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint on Thursday, June 21. The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a handgun at one of the airport’s checkpoints this morning, marking the 11th gun caught at the airport so…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a South Carolina man from bringing a loaded handgun onboard a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) checkpoint. The incident occurred this…

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day…

BANGOR, Maine – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Bangor International Airport (BGR) are preparing for a busy travel season this summer, as BGR continues to see a nearly 30% increase in the number of passengers over last year.Last…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) checkpoint this morning.  At approximately 9 a.m., a loaded Kel-Tec 9mm handgun was discovered in a passenger’s…

COLONIE, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial…

NEWARK, N.J. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day…

BOISE, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport (BOI) is ready for a busy summer travel season, projecting it will screen an average of, 6,500 departing passengers a day between now and Labor Day 2018, a 10 percent…

RICHMOND, Va. – You come to an airport checkpoint hoping to catch your flight and arrive at your destination safely and on time. Seems simple enough, but sometimes something you weren’t expecting comes up at the checkpoint and it slows you down.Meet…

AUSTIN, Tex. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted a loaded firearm in a carry-on bag yesterday morning at an Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) security checkpoint.   The Glock 37, loaded with six rounds…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. —A Kentucky man was caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at the Huntington Tri-State Airport checkpoint on Monday, June 11. TSA officers stopped the Van Lear, Kentucky,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a passenger from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint. The incident occurred yesterday just…

OMAHA, Neb. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm in a carry-on bag at Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) on Sunday, June 10 at 7:34 a.m. at the North Checkpoint.  TSA found the Glock 42, .380 Automatic,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for a potential record-breaking day for passengers screened Monday at Nashville International Airport (BNA) as travelers return home from the Country Music Association…

NORFOLK, Va. — A Pennsylvania man was caught by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with a loaded gun at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint on Wednesday, June 6, just two days after another individual was caught with a gun at…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a North Carolina man from bringing a loaded handgun onboard a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint. The incident occurred this morning at…

ATLANTA - Transportation Security Administration officers working at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) security checkpoints discovered 30 firearms in May, the most ever at an airport in a single month. ATL held the previous…

Albuquerque, N.M. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered an unloaded firearm this morning at the security screening checkpoint at Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). This is the second firearm found at the airport in two…

NORFOLK, Va.—A man was caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded gun at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint early this morning, June 4.The .40 caliber handgun was loaded with 13 bullets, including one in the chamber…

DULLES, Va. – A Loudoun County, Virginia, man was cited by airport police at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at one of the…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA, por sus siglas en inglés) esta proporcionando actualizaciones y consejos sobre los procedimientos de seguridad en el Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín en San Juan…