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Just when people are getting more comfortable flying during the pandemic, CNN reports a woman died due to COVID-19 while on a flight to Arizona. CNN reports a county official said the Dallas-area woman was in her 30s and had 'underlying high-risk health conditions.' The woman died in late July on the tarmac at a New Mexico airport. The Dallas County HHS first reported her death in the news release Sunday. No other details were made available because of medical privacy reasons. Johns Hopkins University says more than 220,000 have died and more than 8.2 million COVID-19 cases have been reported nationwide as of Tuesday afternoon. The Transportation Security Administration says it screened more than 1 million passengers Sunday. That's the highest number of passengers since March 16.
Footage from July 20 shows a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer jumping into action after smoke began billowing from a bag at a security checkpoint at a Georgia airport.
Long security lines at U.S. airports are frustrating travelers and have brought TSA head Peter Neffenger before a Homeland Security Committee to testify on airport security. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Two weeks after the Brussels Attacks, the city and airport are on high alert. How difficult is it to pass security nowadays?
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is near deserted as airport security staff across Germany stage a walkout, the latest industrial action to plague Europe's biggest economy. Berlin airport has said there will be no flights departing on February 1 from the terminals which usually serve about 50,000 passengers on average daily. IMAGES