Egypt crash pushes US to improve aviation security
Military investigators from Egypt and Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, Nov. 1, 2015. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
The remains of a Russian airliner are seen as an Egyptian military helicopter flies over the crash site in al-Hasanah area at El Arish city, north Egypt, Nov. 1, 2015. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
Military investigators from Egypt and Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, Nov. 1, 2015. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
People attend the funeral of Timur Miller, a resident of Ulyanovsk and one of the victims of the plane crash in Egypt at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 6, 2015. (Peter Kovalev/Reuters)
Egypt Metrojet Crash Site Fuselage (Russia‘s Emergency Ministry/CNN)
People attend the funeral of Timur Miller, a resident of Ulyanovsk and one of the victims of the plane crash in Egypt at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 6, 2015. (Peter Kovalev/Reuters)
Egypt Metrojet Crash Site Investigation (Russia‘s Emergency Ministry/CNN)
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WASHINGTON — The United States will boost security for U.S.-bound flights as a precaution following the recent Russian passenger jet crash in Egypt, including tighter screening of items before they are brought on board aircraft, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Friday.
Johnson said in a statement that he and the head of the Transportation Security Administrator, "out of an abundance of caution, have identified a series of interim, precautionary enhancements to aviation security with respect to commercial flights bound for the United States from certain foreign airports in the region."
