What new airport security measures were put into place after the hijackings and terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
• Airports will watch vehicles more closely and may restrict parking to keep vehicles a greater distance from terminals. The regulations concerning vehicles parked near airport terminals will be much more strictly enforced. • There will be more thorough searches of passengers belongings including more physical checks of the passengers themselves. • Only ticketed passengers will now be allowed to proceed past airport security checkpoints and into the gate areas. Passengers traveling on an e-ticket will need some form of paperwork from the airline in addition to an e-ticket number to be allowed through the security checkpoint. • Knives or any other cutting instruments of any type and made from any material are now added to the list of items you are prohibited from bringing onboard an aircraft. Knives may now only be transported in checked baggage. Airlines will no longer provide steak knives for on-board food service. Many airport food service vendors will no longer provide knives to the
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