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Guns at airports

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:48 MDT

Guns at airports

By jason chaffetz and curt oda

Updated May 22, 2013 12:14PM MDT

Twelve years after the worst terrorist attack in American history, no one can credibly claim ignorance of the law against carrying guns on airplanes. Yet here in Salt Lake City, 18 guns have already been found just in the first five months of 2013. Last year, 20 guns were seized for the whole year. There is no excuse for bringing an undeclared weapon to an airport checkpoint. In 2012, the Transportation Safety Administration discovered some 1,543 firearms in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints...

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Guns seized at Salt Lake City airport so far in 2013 nears mark for all of 2012

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:14:28 MDT

Guns seized at Salt Lake City airport so far in 2013 nears mark for all of 2012

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 11:14PM MDT

Less than halfway through the year, the number of firearms seized from passengers at Salt Lake City International Airport has already nearly matched the number for all of 2012. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirmed Monday that its screeners at the airport had arrested a 48-year-old American Fork woman found to have a loaded 9 mm pistol in her luggage Saturday morning. She was en route to Chicago. She was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of misdemeanor pos...

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Salt Lake airport planners want your ideas, input

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:25:42 MDT

Salt Lake airport planners want your ideas, input

By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 11:25PM MDT

If you are a frequent flier or just a sometimes traveler, officials want your input on the proposed $1.8 billion facility that will replace the Salt Lake City International Airport. Construction is set to begin in one year. The new airport will be located just to the north and west of the existing terminals, said spokeswoman Barbara Gann, and will take eight to 10 years to complete. The main terminal should be completed in five years. The existing facility will operate while the new one gets bu...

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Nephew: Saudi man mistakenly jailed for pressure cooker at airport

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:56:46 MDT

Nephew: Saudi man mistakenly jailed for pressure cooker at airport

By JEFF KAROUB The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 02:56PM MDT

DETROIT • The nephew of a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport says the case is a misunderstanding, and that the pressure cooker his uncle was bringing for him so he could make lamb. Nasser Almarzooq told The Associated Press on Monday that he’d asked his uncle, Hussain Al Khawahir, to bring him a pressure cooker because the ones he bought in the U.S. didn’t work. Two pressure cookers were used in last month’s Boston Marathon bombings. Almarzooq says he’s concerned about his uncle ...

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Now official: Ogden, Provo airport towers get reprieve

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:50:26 MDT

Now official: Ogden, Provo airport towers get reprieve

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 11, 2013 10:50AM MDT

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood officially rescinded on Friday what had been death warrants for airport towers in Ogden, Provo and 147 other cities nationally. He issued a statement that he determined a bill passed by Congress last month to stop what had been disruptive furloughs for air traffic controllers also included enough money to save the 149 federal contract control towers through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. Those towers had been scheduled to close on June 15 — part of ...

Rash of banned weapons found at SLC airport

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:16:37 MDT

Rash of banned weapons found at SLC airport

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:16PM MDT

After a rash of seizing banned self-defense weapons at Salt Lake City International Airport this week, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is urging travelers to be more diligent checking what is allowed and what they are carrying in baggage. The TSA said that between Saturday and Thursday, officers confiscated two sets of brass knuckles (one that included a knife), two kubotans (hand-held sticks used in some martial arts) and a “bo” marital arts wooden staff. All those items are ba...

Ute cabby

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Ute cabby

Updated May 10, 2013 01:01AM MDT

What happened to supporting local businesses? According to a court ruling, Salt Lake may hire two out-of-state taxi firms (“Judge: Salt Lake City can install new cab service at airport, elsewhere,” Tribune, April 30). I am disappointed in Salt Lake City and this decision. This may not seem like a big thing, but it marks the end of a legacy. My father started Ute Cab Company in 1949. He drove until just a few months before his death and my family has been running the company since. We have ne...