they will definitely see a larger presence as it relates to bomb-sniffing dogs, police presence and it will also take a lot longer. tsa officers here will be doing very thorough checks that could include random hand swabbing to check passengers for explosive residue and mean that even once you ve passed through the security check point, you may get an additional random check at the gate even if you have tsa precheck, which allows you to have expedited screening. you may also be asked to take off your shoes and take laptops out of your bag. the key here really is unpredictability. they don t want anyone knowing exactly what will happen. they want to keep people guessing. any reports of longer lines because of this, rene? well, both tsa and airlines are saying look, the process will take longer because of for a couple reasons. number one, they are allowing fewer people to get the
pursuing that vehicle. we ll have more details next hour. egyptian officials leading the investigation into the crash last weekend of a russian airliner will hold a news conference in a little less than two-and-a-half hours. it s coming as the egyptian foreign minister says technical information about the plane s data recorders, support the theory of a bomb, should have been handed over to egyptian investigators instead of given to the media. we ll have a live report from sharm el-sheikh, that s next hour. new this morning, about the bomb being a possible part of the crash of metro flight 9268 is resulting in an increase in security for travelers bound to the u.s., extra searches, extra hand swabbing, possibly more bomb squad dogs, russia, ireland, ukraine and german s luff tan ska group have suspended all into its to egypt. we will bring in cnn correspondent, homeland security
inbound to the u.s. explain. that s exactly right, fred. so travelers from airports in the region with direct flights to the united states, they re going to likely see additional random searches, hand swabbing of passengers, and possibly more bomb-sniffing dogs. now, a source with knowledge of the situation tells cnn that airports in cairo, amman, and kuwait will see tightened security for u.s.-bound flights. and all the beefed up security is likely to affect fewer than ten airports. and u.s. homeland security secretary jeh johnson said yesterday that the precautionary measures include more screening of items on planes, assessing security at foreign airports, and offers by u.s. officials to help some foreign airports with their security. u.s. officials are stressing here, fred, that there are already multiple layers of security to screen passengers before they ever really even get on a plane bound for the united states. those things include checking all passengers and crew, against t
leave checked luggage behind. we re glad that the government is putting in security measures for us. reporter: overseas airports with direct flights to the united states are preparing for increased security measures. good afternoon, everybody. reporter: today homeland security secretary jeh johnson announced security. travelers will likely see random searches, extra hand swabbing and possibly more bomb sniffing dogs. dhs will also assess security at select foreign airports. when we talk about the shoe bomber, underwear bomber, the printer cartridges, these all happened overseas but they were flights coming into the u.s. so that s really from my perspective where the concern is. reporter: u.s. officials stress there are already multiple layers of security to screen passengers before they ever get on a plane bound for the u.s., including checking all passengers and crew against the u.s. terror watch list.
airport security. the new measures come after suspicions that a bomb may have brought down that russian plane, metrojet, flight 9268 bound from egypt to st. petersburg. russia, ireland, ukraine, and germany luft han is a group have suspended all flights to egypt. let s bring in cnn s investigation correspondent, chris frays. hey, good morning. so travellers from airports in the renal with direct flights to the united states will likely see additional random searches, hand swabbing of passengers, and possibly more bomb-sniffing dogs. now, a source with knowledge of the situation terms cnn that airports in cairo, aman, and kuwait will see tightened security for u.s.-bound flights. in all of the beefed up security will affect fewer than ten airports. u.s. homeland security secretary jai johnson said yesterday that the precautionary measures included more screening of items on planes, seasing security at foreign airports, and offers to help some foreign airports with