How Airport Security Works

The First Line of Defense metal detectors metal detectors metal detectors metal detectors bomb-sniffing dogs bomb-sniffing dogs possibly a search of your clothes and luggage possibly a search of your clothes and luggage fences, barriers and walls fences, barriers and walls Parking areas closed Parking areas closed

Who Are You? photo ID photo ID biometrics - checking fingerprints, retinal scans, and facial patterns using complex computer systems to determine if someone is who they say they are biometrics - checking fingerprints, retinal scans, and facial patterns using complex computer systems to determine if someone is who they say they are Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System- more personal information from travelers when they book their flights Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System- more personal information from travelers when they book their flights Has your luggage been in your possession at all times? Has your luggage been in your possession at all times? Has anyone given you anything or asked you to carry on or check any items for them? Has anyone given you anything or asked you to carry on or check any items for them?

Step Through, Please: Metal Detector pulse induction (PI). pulse induction (PI).

Step Through, Please: X-Ray System This is what you checked luggage looks like in while going through an x ray machine.

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Now Boarding You Can't Take it With You There are a number of items that you cannot carry on a plane, and some of that can't be packed in your bags, either: Explosives: Fireworks, ammunition, sparklers, matches, gunpowder, signal flares Explosives: Fireworks, ammunition, sparklers, matches, gunpowder, signal flares Weapons: Guns, swords, pepper spray, mace, martial arts weapons, swords, knives with blades of any length Weapons: Guns, swords, pepper spray, mace, martial arts weapons, swords, knives with blades of any length Pressurized containers: Hair spray, oxygen tanks, propane tanks, spray paint, insect repellant Pressurized containers: Hair spray, oxygen tanks, propane tanks, spray paint, insect repellant Household items: Flammable liquids, solvents, bleach, pool chemicals, flammable perfume in bottles 16 ounces or larger Household items: Flammable liquids, solvents, bleach, pool chemicals, flammable perfume in bottles 16 ounces or larger Poisons: Insecticides, pesticides, rat poison, arsenic, cyanide Poisons: Insecticides, pesticides, rat poison, arsenic, cyanide Corrosives: Car batteries, acids, lye, drain cleaner, mercury Corrosives: Car batteries, acids, lye, drain cleaner, mercury Liquids Liquids

Last line of defense: Air Marshals An air marshal is a federal agent disguised to look like regular passenger An air marshal is a federal agent disguised to look like regular passenger Quick Statistics On average, a Federal Air Marshal: Flies 181 days per year Flies 15 days per month Spends 900 hours in an aircraft per year Spends five hours in an aircraft per day