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Kenny Wells turned himself in 10 days after his gun went off at Atlanta International Airport's security checkpoint.

"People can expect to see lines in parking lots, at airline check-in counters and at checkpoints," a TSA spokesperson told Newsweek.

The airline is aiming to get bag check waiting times down to 30 seconds with the technology at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske called the figures "alarming."

A friend of the laptop owner's daughter reached out to the TikToker after seeing the video, which has more than 4 million views.

The company's plan should eventually allow travelers to use digitally-stored ID at airports.

"They looked like they weren't playing around. They had helmets. It felt like a movie, it really didn't feel real," said passenger Cornelius Bome't about police boarding the plane.

The airline had already canceled more than half its flights for Wednesday by 11 a.m. EDT, due to widespread system outages, poor weather and staffing shortages.

"Except for the grenade and the gasoline, these items could have been placed in a checked bag," the TSA said.

Suspect Jeremy Hall is accused of criminal trespass following incident at Dallas Love Field Airport on Sunday night.

"My wife was crying hysterically as we did not know what happened, nor did we know how to approach the situation," the husband recalled.

Ammunition is an unfortunately "common prohibited item," according to the TSA, and people attempt to go through checkpoints with ammunition every day.

The incident occurred at Houston's Hobby Airport after TSA officers noticed an "unidentified lump" in the passenger's breakfast burrito.

Two people at the San Antonio Airport were injured, one by shrapnel and another by the flood of people attempting to flee the area. Neither injury was considered serious. No officers were injured.

More than 1.58 million people passed through U.S. airports ahead of Easter weekend on Friday, in the highest number in over a year.

A record number of firearms were detected at airport security checkpoints across the U.S. in 2020, while rates of travel were much lower compared with years past.

In a viral video with over 16 million views, Rose Montoya recounts the negative experiences she faces while traveling through airport security as a transgender woman.

In an interview with NBC local affiliate WNBC, Robert Joseph said he purchased an $85 face covering that looked like a gas mask.

More than 450,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic with more deaths certain.

"We will need to establish a 9/11-type Commission to examine and report upon the facts, causes and security relating to the terrorist mob attack on January 6," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter addressed to her Democratic colleagues on Tuesday.

Passengers who don't comply with the mask order may be denied entry, boarding or continued transport and could face civil penalties, the Transportation Security Administration advised.

Senator Chuck Schumer has pushed for the Capitol rioters to be put on the no-fly list, but it's unclear if any of them are on the list of names the TSA is currently processing.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued a statement Thursday calling for the "violent perpetrators involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol" to be added to the federal no-fly list.

The WHO official's comments come as U.S. airports recorded their busiest day of the pandemic over the weekend.

The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1,019,347 people at checkpoints nationwide on Tuesday.

An additional three million more people passed through security checkpoints over the weekend leading up to Christmas, even as public health experts warn traveling could exacerbate COVID outbreaks in the country.

On New Year's Day, the country's daily case count could reach over 614,000, according to forecasts from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Nearly four million people traveled by air since the start of this week, according to the TSA's records.

No crowds, no waiting. Just you, constantly on the move to your next destination.

According to data released by the Transportation Security Administration, nearly 5 million people passed through airport security checkpoints between Friday, November 20 and Tuesday November 24.