Airlines must recheck passenger lists within two hours of being notified of a ‘special circumstances’ name on the no-fly list. The rule comes after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad at a New York airport.
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It’s now going to be harder for terror suspects to get on an airplane. At least in theory.
Airlines will be required, the Obama administration announced Wednesday, to manually recheck their passenger lists within two hours of being notified of a “special circumstances expedited No Fly name.”
An example of such an individual: Faisal Shahzad, who is now under arrest and is accused of trying to blow up a sport utility vehicle in Times Square on Saturday evening.
Mr. Shahzad was placed on the no-fly list on noon Monday, but he still managed to board an Emirates flight to Dubai on Monday night. He was arrested before the flight took off.
Up until Wednesday, airlines had a 24-hour window before a flight to check to see if travelers had been placed on the no-fly list...
