The US government is reviewing security at airports globally to ensure American passengers are kept safe. Security measures being discussed include more diligent baggage screening at major domestic US airports and matching of luggage to manifest lists before takeoff. The news - from aviation authorities there - came as consensus grew that the Russian jet that crashed in Egypt may have been downed by a bomb that was placed aboard the plane before takeoff. No US airlines currently fly into, out of or over the Sinai Peninsula, where Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed on Saturday killing all 224 people on board, but the disaster has prompted a call for examination of security measures at overseas airports where US airports do operate. "If this is a bomb, it shows the weaknesses that can be there," said Peter King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee. "It's even more so with planes leaving from overseas and you have American passengers on them," King said. However, military and diplomatic officials as well as lawmakers and governments internationally continue to stress Thursday that it has not been conclusively established that a bomb brought down the Airbus A321. Mechanical failure remains an option. Foreign airports where US airlines do operate are required to comply with US Transportation Security Administration regulations, but without direct oversight from the TSA.
The US government is reviewing security at airports globally to ensure American passengers are kept safe. Security measures being discussed include more diligent baggage screening at major domestic US airports and matching of luggage to manifest lists before takeoff. The news - from aviation authorities there - came as consensus grew that the Russian jet that crashed in Egypt may have been downed by a bomb that was placed aboard the plane before takeoff. No US airlines currently fly into, out of or over the Sinai Peninsula, where Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed on Saturday killing all 224 people on board, but the disaster has prompted a call for examination of security measures at overseas airports where US airports do operate. "If this is a bomb, it shows the weaknesses that can be there," said Peter King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee. "It's even more so with planes leaving from overseas and you have American passengers on them," King said. However, military and diplomatic officials as well as lawmakers and governments internationally continue to stress Thursday that it has not been conclusively established that a bomb brought down the Airbus A321. Mechanical failure remains an option. Foreign airports where US airlines do operate are required to comply with US Transportation Security Administration regulations, but without direct oversight from the TSA.
