TSA sets single-day RIC screening record
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The federal Transportation Security Administration team at Richmond International Airport set a record for the most passengers and crew members screened in a single day at the airport, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving (Dec.1).
TSA officers screened 9,131 travelers that day, surpassing the previous record high of 9,048 screened on April 7, 2006.
Nationwide, TSA screened a record-breaking number of travelers during the Thanksgiving holiday, screening more than 26 million passengers and crew members during the holiday travel period, from Friday, Nov. 22 to Monday, Dec. 2. On the busiest day, Dec. 1, more than 2.8 million travelers passed through TSA security checkpoints nationwide, and with 2,870,764 travelers screened, it marked the busiest day ever in the 18-year history of the agency.
At Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, TSA officers screened 38,193 individuals at the airport checkpoints Dec. 1, breaking that airport's single-day record of 38,002 that was set June 23.
