WASHINGTON -- Airline groups expressed support Monday for new U.S. rules that mandate tougher screening for passengers traveling to the U.S. from 14 designated countries and ease a requirement that all U.S.-bound passengers be subjected to enhanced screening measures.
"We believe [the new measures] enhance security for the flying public, and they're being implemented in the most convenient manner," said David Castelveter, a spokesman at the Air Transport Association, an umbrella group for U.S. airlines.
The new rules require that all passengers flying to the U.S. from countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism or certain other countries "of interest" -- including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria -- will be subject to enhanced screening, which could include full-body pat-downs, a physical inspection of personal property, or screening by one of the 40 advanced-imaging machines located in 19 U.S. airports, said a Transportation Security Administration official.
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