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Table 6
Airline Passenger Screening Results
Excel |
CSV
| Persons screened (millions) |
993 |
1,145 |
1,263 |
1,812 |
1,320 |
| Firearms detected |
2,913 |
2,549 |
2,390 |
1,937 |
1,071 |
| Handguns |
2,823 |
2,490 |
2,230 |
1,643 |
1,008 |
| Long guns (rifles) |
90 |
59 |
160 |
294 |
63 |
| Persons arrested |
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| Carrying firearms/explosives |
1,310 |
1,336 |
1,194 |
600 |
362 |
| Giving false information |
42 |
18 |
68 |
61 |
90 |
Note: Includes operators with a U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration operating certificate engaged in scheduled
passenger or public charter passenger operations and airports at which these operations are conducted.
Sources: 1985—USDOT, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Semiannual Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of the Civil Aviation Security Program, July 1– December 31, 1985 (Washington, DC: May 1986). 1990–2001—USDOT, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security Policy and Planning, Annual Report to Congress on Civil Aviation Security(Washington, DC: Annual issues), and personal communications, May 27, 1999, Mar. 29, 2000, Aug. 7, 2001, and Sept. 13, 2002.
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