By a Biometrica staffer Around 2.31 million passengers passed through airport screenings last Wednesday, Nov. 24, the day before Thanksgiving, according to data from the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA). That's over double when compared with the 1.07 million people who went through...
By a Biometrica staffer Millions are set to travel across the nation, and the world, on board commercial aircrafts this holiday season. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is concerned that it could also bring about a rise in criminal behavior occurring on...
By Deepti Govind In the last two decades since 9/11, terror groups, mostly acting through either lone actors or small groups of around 2-3 people, have staged attacks just about anywhere and everywhere in the United States. Aviation, of course, is the...
By a Biometrica staffer The number of instances of individuals pointing lasers at pilots of aircrafts were at a record high, NBC reported recently. In 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported 6,852 laser attacks, the most for any year since 2016. This is...
By Aara Ramesh In July, a pilot from Florida was convicted for operating a commercial airplane despite his airman’s certificate having been revoked and his medical certificate being suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 7. According to the FAA,...
Two female passengers alleged in a federal lawsuit that they were sexually assaulted on Frontier Airlines flights in separate incidents in 2018 | © Joezachs - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer Two female passengers alleged in a federal lawsuit that they were...