(Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday ordered airlines to step up their efforts to prevent people on the "no-fly" list from boarding flights after the suspected Times Square bomber got on an Emirates plane.
Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American accused in the failed car bombing in New York, boarded a flight to Dubai late on Monday after buying a ticket despite having been added to the no-fly list earlier in the day.
Airlines must re-check the list every 24 hours for matches, but under the new requirement they will have to check their passenger manifests within two hours of receiving notice of a special circumstance about an individual, an administration official said...