Tagged: Sea-Tac Airport

Backscatter scanners
11:07 am
Thu December 27, 2012

No End In Sight For Sea-Tac Airport’s X-Ray Scanners

SEa-Tac security
Credit John Ryan / KUOW Photo
TSA officials say the new scanners can shorten the wait at security checkpoints, like this one at Sea-Tac Airport.

The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly replacing passenger-screening machines at some of the nation’s largest airports. The TSA has been moving them to smaller airports and replacing them with security scanners that don’t use X-rays.

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Travel
12:20 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

Please Remove Your Shoes And Jacket - The 411 On Airport Screening

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How was your last trip through airport security?

Last year more than 32 million passengers passed through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and as this holiday season gears up we will see a bump in travel as people fly to see friends and family. So, more than 10 years after 9/11 how safe are our airports, what is the latest with the TSA. Ross Reynolds talks with Errol Southers, the associate director at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events and a professor at the University of Southern California about the ins and outs of airport security.

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State Audit
7:21 am
Tue December 11, 2012

Free Parking Glitch Costs Sea-Tac Airport $400,000

Credit John Ryan
Sea-Tac International Airport

If you study your credit card bills closely, you might have figured this one out already. If not, the Port of Seattle may have a little holiday gift for you.

Sea-Tac International Airport, run by the Port of Seattle, has given away nearly $400,000 in unintentionally free parking this year. That news comes courtesy of the Washington State Auditor’s Office.

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