How Air Travel Changed Following 9/11
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9/11, other terror attacks on flights defined U.S. air travel
Taking a commercial flight from a U.S. airport generally requires security screening controlled by the federal government, a boarding pass or prior authorization to get anywhere near a gate, and careful attention to the contents of carry-on bags.
It has been 25 years since the attacks of 11 September 2001, and what began as an emergency response has become the greatest reformulation of security in the aviation of the history of the United States...
If they ever took your shoes off at an airport, made you throw a bottle of water or go through a body scan, there's a reason: 9/11. Its consequences continue to be part of our life 25 years later.
25 years ago, the way we think about aviation security changed. At the time, I was the Director General of the Estonian Civil Aviation Administration and Vice President of ECAC for aviation security. After the disaster, international work began to make aviation safer in light of the new threat, writes aviation expert Toomas Peterson.
9/11 led to biggest security changes in aviation history, says expert
RMIT Aviation Academy’s Justin Brownjohn said the 2001 terrorist attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people, sparked the “most significant overhaul of aviation security” in modern times, including heightened protections at airports and on board aircraft.
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