April 17, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mindy Hamlin, Communications Dept.
Phone: 840-2100 ext. 207
RDU Ends Random Vehicle Searches
RDU AIRPORT, NC (April 17, 2003) - The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority today closed its random vehicle inspection checkpoint. The changes are in response to the Homeland Security Department’s lowering of the national terror threat level to yellow. The Authority received the directive from the TSA today.
The airport will also reopen access to the airport’s terminals from the I-70/Lumley Road entrance.
The airport began the random vehicle inspections on March 19. The TSA, the agency responsible for aviation security, currently requires RDU to conduct random searches of vehicles approaching the terminals when the Homeland Security terror threat level is at orange or above. Signage placed throughout the terminals reminding passengers to report unattended packages will also be removed.
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