Editing Richard Reid (section)

==Changes in airline security procedures==
As a result of these events, some airlines encouraged passengers departing from an airport in the United States to pass through airport security in socks or bare feet while their shoes are scanned for bombs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/national/130541_shoes12.html|title=No small feat, tightening up shoe inspections|last=Gathright|first=Alan|date=12 July 2003|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> In 2006, the [[Transportation_Security_Administration|TSA]] started requiring all passengers to remove their shoes for screening.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transportation Security Timeline |url=https://www.tsa.gov/timeline |publisher=Transportation Security Authority |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> Scanners do not find [[PETN]] in shoes or strapped to a person. A chemical test is needed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/27/336624/fbi-identifies-explosive-petn-as-part-of-delta-a330.html|title=FBI Identifies Explosive PETN As Part of Delta A330 Attack|last=Kaminski-Morrow|first=David|date=27 December 2009|work=FlightGlobal|access-date=31 December 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230115637/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/27/336624/fbi-identifies-explosive-petn-as-part-of-delta-a330.html|archive-date=30 December 2009}}</ref> However, even if the X-ray scanners cannot detect all explosives, it is an effective way to see if the shoe has been altered to hold a bomb.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303815404577335783535660546|title=Why Airport Security Is Broken—And How To Fix It|last=Hawley|first=Kip|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=26 April 2012|date=15 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804031022/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303815404577335783535660546|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> 

In 2011, the rules were relaxed to allow children 12 and younger and adults 75 and older to keep their shoes on during security screenings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/10/09/tsa-children-pose-little-risk-can-keep-shoes-on-during-security-check/|title=TSA: Children pose little risk, can keep shoes on during security check|last=Hilkevitch|first=Jon|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=9 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714133632/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-09/news/chi-tsa-children-pose-little-risk-can-keep-shoes-on-during-security-check-20111009_1_shoe-bomber-richard-reid-shoe-scanning|archive-date=14 July 2016|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>