New US security rules will strain airlines, airports: aviation officials
Directives say airports must have explosive-detection equipment in place in 21 days
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NEW directives from the Department of Homeland Security require airlines that fly to the United States to step up screening of passengers for trace amounts of explosives and, in some cases, impose more stringent security checks.
The department, in announcing the directives on Wednesday, laid out generally what the measures would do. But the additional details were disclosed in an airline industry memo obtained by The New York Times.
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