TSA expands inspection requirements for some electronics

By KOMO Staff

Summary

Effective Saturday, passengers must remove all electronic items, such as DVD players and video cameras, from their carry-ons at security checkpoints.

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Story Published: Aug 3, 2007 at 12:09 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 3, 2007 at 2:15 PM PST

TSA expands inspection requirements for some electronics

TSA workers screen passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Thursday, May 31, 2007.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The TSA has announced a few new security enhancements for a specific few electronics and clarified an earlier press release for about screening procedures for other electronic devices.

Effective Saturday, August 4th, passengers must remove all full-size video game consoles (for example Playstation, X-box, or Nintendo) and full-size DVD players from their carry ons and have them be submitted separately for X-ray screening.

The agency also clarified an earlier press release to say that small electronic items, such as cell phones, MP3 players, iPods and portable video game systems do not have to be removed from their carrying cases.

The policy recommendation came from a front line security officer who screens passengers every day who observed that game consoles and DVD players are complex devices much like laptop computers. This change brings more uniformity to their policy.