US authorities impose stricter screening for airport, airline workers

Washington

THE Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is imposing more stringent regulations for screening airport and airline workers, four months after federal authorities discovered that a Delta Air Lines baggage handler allegedly was part of a ring that smuggled guns from Atlanta to New York.

Announced on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the rules also come in reaction to a separate incident in which a Federal Aviation Administration employee allegedly used a badge to access a secure area at the same airport - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - and then flew to New York with a gun in his carry-on luggage.