Air travelers departing for overseas destinations are again required to take off their shoes for security inspection at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), reviving the more than two decades old policy prompted by a failed terror attack on a passenger aircraft, according to the Office of Transportation Security (OTS).
The global policy dates back to December 2001 in the aftermath of an attempt by a terrorist to detonate a homemade bomb hidden in his shoes while he was on board an American Airlines flight to Miami from Paris.
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Source: Philstar