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Sept. 13 Flights resume. |
Sept. 15 Logan Airport reopens. |
Sept. 27 Bush authorizes $500 million to improve security. |
Sept. 29 Logan terminal partially cleared after guard leaves post to "stretch his legs." |
Oct. 3 Acting Gov. Jane Swift names John DiFava head of Logan security. |
Oct. 4 Washington’s Reagan National is last US airport to reopen. |
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Oct. 25 Massport executive director Virginia Buckingham resigns. |
Nov. 13 Terminal door at Logan left unguarded. |
Nov. 15 DiFava suspends Argenbright Security’s license to operate at Logan. |
Nov. 16 Judge issues injunction, returns Argenbright’s license. |
Nov. 19 Bush signs Aviation and Transportation Security Act. |
Nov. 30 State police make a deal to remove Argenbright from Logan by mid-December. |
Jan. 11 FAA releases standards for new cockpit doors. |
Jan. 14 Terminal B garage at Logan reopens. |
Jan. 18 Federal deadline for airlines to screen all baggage. |
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Feb. 10 Logan terminal cleared after man walks away from a security officer trying to check him with a metal-detecting wand. |
Feb. 17 Federal takeover of security checkpoints at 429 airports. |
Feb. 25 More than 1,200 at Logan evacuated after metal detectors accidentally unplugged. |
March 17 A man whose ID doesn’t match his ticket passes through two Logan checkpoints and boards a plane. |
March 20 Unplugged metal detector at Logan prompts evacuation of 750 passengers. |
March 26 Logan terminal evacuated after metal detector is unplugged. |
April 3 Swift files legislation to create buffer zone around Logan and revamp Massport board. |
April 30 Baltimore-Washington International gets first federal screeners. |
May 10 US airports formalize plans to replace National Guard with law-enforcement at checkpoints. |
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May 31 National Guard troops no longer stationed at Logan. |
July 10 House votes to allow pilots to carry guns. |
July 18 Head of Transportation Security Administration resigns under pressure. |
Aug. 6 First federal security workers stationed at Logan’s United checkpoint. |
Labor Day weekend Newspaper reporters carry banned items past security at 11 airports, including Logan. |
Sept. 5 Senate votes to allow pilots to carry guns. Bill differs from House version. |
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