US airports will no longer require passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings run by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
US airports will no longer require passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings run by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - kicking out the unpopular policy after two decades.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the change was in effect immediately for airports across the US, though a "multi-layered" screening process would remain in place.
Passengers must still remove belts and coats and take laptops and liquids out of bags, but those rules are also under review, Noem said.
The requirement for airline passengers to take off shoes for screenings had been in effect nationwide since 2006 after a British man hid a bomb in one of his shoes on a flight to Miami.
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