How Has Airport Security Changed After 9/11

Airports have changed a lot in past decade and a half. The attacks on 9/11 had an impact on how we travel to different places. They have become more efficient and safer since. Following the attacks of 9/11, there have been drastic changes made to airport security, such as making stricter rules as to what you can and cannot bring on the plane, what it was like to go to the airport before and after 9/11, how security has changed, and how weapons are now frowned upon more than ever. Before the 9/11 attacks, going to an airport was a lot different than how it is now. The government didn't oversee the airport screenings, it was private companies that would oversee them. Before: The FAA, (The Federal Aviation Administration) allowed many things such as 4 inch blades, baseball bats, darts, scissors and more were allowed on the plane. These items were not considered threatening to the FAA. Laws didn't forbid people from carrying them aboard, and it would be difficult to identify them without stronger metal detectors than they had. After the attacks, all these items were banned from bringing on a plane. In August 2006, all liquids were banned from carry on luggages. The TSA banned it after terrorists tried to explode explosive liquids
The Security checkpoints now required passengers to remove shoes in order to go through detection at screening points. Airports are places that millions people visit every day. As technology has advanced throughout the years, so have airports & their rules and regulations that you have to follow prior to boarding the plane. September 11, 2001 really opened up the eyes of people in the government and authority regarding airport safety. And because if this, sixteen years later the us is estimated to have spent about 100 billion dollars in efforts to make airports