TSA closes BWI Marshall checkpoint after calls

WASHINGTON – Travelers Leaving BWI Marshall Airport Saturday Perhaps a longer wait than usual after the closing of a checkpoint by the Transportation Safety Administration "Because of excessive calls".

. @TSA in collaboration with airport authorities and airlines serving to exercise an emergency plan at @BWI_Airport due to excessive calls. Checkpoint A will be closed at 17:35. Passengers should arrive early for evening flights. Contact airport & airlines for updates

– TSA (@TSA) 19 January 2019

Please take note of this change regarding our security checkpoints. #MDOTnews pic.twitter.com/NoaclwhIpu

– The BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) on January 20, 2019

according to the TSA, stated to have registered a national average of 7% of unplanned absences Friday against 3% a year ago at the same date. Employees said they were not able to go to work because of financial constraints, the TSA said in a statement.

National average waiting times – 30 minutes for standard routes and 10 minutes for TSA Precheck – were within normal limits, but several airports experienced longer waiting times than normal Friday

In Atlanta, travelers on standard lanes waited. a maximum of 38 minutes, 32 minutes to Denver and 35 minutes to Newark, New Jersey. At Washington area airports, the maximum wait times for passengers using standard lanes were 23 minutes at BWI Marshall, 19 minutes at Reagan National Airport and 17 minutes at International Airport. of Dulles.

On Friday, federal security officers sent additional security screening officers. checkpoint in Newark, reported the Associated Press. The TSA plans to send more than 8 million passengers between Friday and Monday, up 10.8% from the MLK weekend last year.

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