美国对来自14个国家的航空旅客加强机场的安全检查。此举是为了应对圣诞节(12月25日)从阿姆斯特丹飞往底特律的美国航班遭炸机未遂事件。美国运输安全管理局星期天说，“从资助恐怖主义或其它相关利益国家出发或过境的”每位乘客飞往美国时都要接受“强化安检”。美国国务院将古巴、伊朗、苏丹和叙利亚列为恐怖主义资助国。来自阿富汗、阿尔及利亚、伊拉克、黎巴嫩、利比亚、尼日利亚、巴基斯坦、沙特阿拉伯、索马里和也门的乘客也要接受更严格的检查。
额外的检查措施可能包括全身轻拍搜身，拭取行李检测爆炸物以及全身扫描。美国加强机场安全措施是因为23岁的尼日利亚男子阿卜杜勒穆塔拉布涉嫌在12月 25日试图在西北航空公司飞机飞行接近底特律时引爆炸药。美国运输安全管理局还要求对飞往美国航班的乘客在进行“基于威胁度”检查和随机安检的同时增加整体上对“强化安检技术”的使用。
The United States has increased security screenings for air travelers from 14 countries, in response to the attempted Christmas Day (December 25) bombing of a U.S. jetliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday that every individual flying into the U.S. “from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest” will be subject to “enhanced screening.” The U.S. State Department lists Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism. Also subject to more stringent screening are passengers from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.
Extra screening measures may include body pat-downs, swabbing of luggage to detect explosives, and body scans. The heightened security comes after a 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a Northwest Airlines plane December 25 as it approached Detroit. TSA also ordered an overall increase in the use of “enhanced screening technologies,” along with “threat-based” and random screening, for U.S.-bound airline passengers.