Skift
• Sarah Kopit
U.S. airports swamped: three-hour security lines expose systemic strain
A week of cascading pressures produced three‑hour security lines at U.S. airports, exposing systemic strain across airlines and airport operations. Reporters Sarah Kopit and Lex Haris examine how simultaneous operational, staffing and infrastructure stresses overwhelmed screening and passenger processing, testing the system's resilience.
