Homeland Security alters ID review process for air passengers
Department will allow airlines to keep a person's date of birth in their records, which can be used to clear up mismatches with the watch lists.
The Homeland Security Department announced on Monday procedures intended to reduce the hassles for airline passengers whose names mistakenly appear on terrorist watch lists.
The department will allow airlines to keep a person's date of birth in their records, which can be used to clear up mismatches with the watch lists.
Individuals must voluntarily give the airlines their date of birth under these procedures.
Additionally, the records will enable those individuals to check-in online or at kiosks, which had been prohibited.
"Hassles due to misidentification and the resulting necessity to stand in line to check in at the ticket counter are consistently among the deepest -- and most valid complaints of the traveling public," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
The department also unveiled new security operations Monday at one checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The operations are intended to create a calming effect for travelers, which will make it easier for security officials to identify threatening individuals.