TSA is under fire for safety risks in airport security lines
An important security problem won the agency at the center of a new trial.
Airport safety is one of these rare experiences on which all travelers can agree - namely that it is one of the most stressful aspects of theft. At the same time, airport safety is largely considered a necessity designed for protect travelers . But now, the Security Administration transport (TSA) is under fire for security risks that could endanger passengers, according to a new trial. Read the rest to know why TSA is prosecuted.
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TSA often faces criticism for its policies.
Ask anyone what he thinks of the safety of the airport, and you will probably have an ear. It seems that everyone has an opinion on the TSA - namely what he could do better.
Last week, the TSA faced a counterpoup to its introduction Facial recognition technology at American airports. According to a press release, the second generation Authentication identification machines for identification information (CAT) for identification have been deployed, nicknamed CAT-2. The agency stipulates that the new machines offer an additional safety layer by taking a photo of passengers when they reach the control point, then comparing and corresponding to the photos to an "identification diploma".
But according to The Washington Post , another TSA test using this technology is " more invasive , "In the sense that you do not even need to present an identifier. In this case, your photo in real time is taken and compared to photos in an existing government database - passport photos. The process has Experts concerned about the way he will affect certain travelers, because research suggests that technology is not as exact for people of color. In addition, there are concerns about the use of biometric data of people, despite TSA, TSA says that photos are never recorded and that participation is not necessary.
Although the protection of your data is vital, there are more immediate concerns for county travelers. Recently, a woman was injured at an airport in California, which prompted a wider conversation - and a trial - approximately security risks at the TSA security checkpoints.
A woman was seriously injured by making her way through the TSA line.
November 28, Luann Rein from San Diego filed a complaint Against the American government and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, declaring that it had undergone a Traumatic cerebral lesion While heading towards a security checkpoint, KGTV reported affiliated to ABC.
Rein, who was 68 years old at the time of the incident, put his cane on the treadmill to be projected and crossed the scanner of the X -ray body. The machine started, says the trial, by KGTV, and it was then charged by the TSA agents to remove their shoes and start again.
"The plaintiff sought a place where she could take off her shoes," said the trial. "However, there was no chair to sit for this purpose." Consequently, Rein placed his left hand on a temporary stanchion (the vertical bar used to keep the line cut and organized) and her right hand on her husband, Kidney , who removed her shoes for her, shows video surveillance. But while her husband removed her second shoe, the stanchion began to vacillate and caused her balance to be lost.
"The momentum of the change of weight suddenly due to the movement of the unstable stanchion, combined with its attempt to help falling, turned the plaintiff when it lost its balance, fell and hit the back of its Strong head on the Terrazzo Floor, making her lose consciousness ", we read in KGTV.
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The problem could have been avoided, indicates the trial.
In addition to the traumatic cerebral lesion, REIN also experienced a concussion and back pain, among other injuries, her husband told KGTV. "I didn't know how bad it was, but a little when you see blood from the back of the head, you know that something serious has happened," he said. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The trial alleys that there was no panel warning people who have the safety that the stands were unstable or dangerous on which to rely. "You expect measures to be taken so that you have no risk of injury", " Lincoln Horton , Said kidney lawyer KGTV.
The trial requires compensation on the basis of negligence and responsibility of the premise, because "the employees of the defendants created a dangerous condition in the security path where the plaintiff tried to pass by not chair so that the Applicant sits while she complied with the employees of the defendants "in order to remove her shoes.
Rein's lawyer says the TSA should be held responsible.
After crossing the security checkpoint, you expect to see benches or chairs so that people can put their shoes back after having removed them during the projection. However, it is much less common to see chairs or benches located in front of the control point or near the screening equipment itself. According to Horton, the agency should be held responsible for not providing seats at some point but not the other.
"It makes no sense to me that they have chairs beyond the safety line but not before the safety line," Horton told KGTV. "If a government agency will tell you to remove your shoes, it must provide you with a chair to make sure you can do it safely and this has not happened in this case."
In an email at Better life , the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority said that it "does not comment on current disputes". Better life also contacted the TSA, but has not yet heard.
