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Airlines security policies post 9/11

Shoes screening Richard Colvin Reid, a.k.a. the “Shoe Bomber,” pled guilty in 2002 in US federal court to eight counts of terrorism. He admitted his attempt to blast a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes. His crime led to the new mandatory requirement of airline passengers having to remove their shoes for inspection before boarding a flight.
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Richard Colvin Reid, a.k.a. the “Shoe Bomber,” pled guilty in 2002 in US federal court to eight counts of terrorism. He admitted his attempt to blast a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes. His crime led to the new mandatory requirement of airline passengers having to remove their shoes for inspection before boarding a flight.