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In this photo released by Rebekah Butler on Monday Nov.15,2010 showing John Tyner a software engineer who posted an Internet blog item saying he had been ejected after being threatened with a fine and lawsuit for refusing a groin check after turning down a full-body scan at San Diego International Airport. Across the country, passengers have to choose scans by full-body image detectors or probing pat-downs. Top federal security officials said that the procedures were safe and necessary sacrifices to ward off terror attacks. (AP Photo/Rebekah Butler) NO SALES (AP)

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A TSA worker pats down a passenger at Denver International Airport on Tuesday.

Passenger finds ammo clip on flight to Phoenix

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Qantas clears A830 Airbuses for takeoff

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**PLEASE FORWARD TO BUSINESS PHOTO EDITORS GOODMAN AND HATCH FOR UPCOMING STORY BY HARRY WEBER** are seen at Lambert St. Louis International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (Jeff Roberson)

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Qantas Airways A-380 passenger plane QF32 with its partially damaged engine sits on the tarmac after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. The Qantas Airways passenger plane carrying 459 people was forced to shut down an engine and return to to Singapore's Changi airport on Thursday, ending speculation that it had crashed, the airline and Singapore state TV said. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER BUSINESS) (Â© Vivek Prakash / Reuters)

A JetBlue Airbus A320 takes off from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.

A security officer examines a computer screen showing a scan from a full-body scanner.

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A hijacker points his pistol from the cockpit of TWA Flight 847 as an ABC news crew approaches the jet for an interview at Beirut International Airport on June 19, 1985.

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Qantas Airways 380 passenger plane flight QF32 is sprayed by rescue services after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. The Airbus A380, which had originated in London and was carrying 459 people, suffered failure of one of its four engines shortly after it had left the island state en route for Sydney. Australian officials said no one on board was injured. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Vivek Prakash / Reuters)

A security official demonstrates a full body scanner during a photocall at Departure Gate 2 at Hamburg Airport September 27, 2010. Germany started on Monday the voluntary use of two 'L-3 Provision ATD' body scanners for a test period over the next six months at the airport. REUTERS/Christian Charisius (GERMANY - Tags: TRANSPORT SCI TECH) (Â© Christian Charisius / Reuters)

This undated photo released by the Dubai Police via the state Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, claims to show parts of a computer printer with explosives loaded into its toner cartridge found in a package onboard a cargo plane coming from Yemen, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai police say the bomb, discovered in the ink cartridge of a computer printer in a shipment of air cargo from Yemen bound for the United States, contained the powerful explosive PETN and bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Dubai Police via Emirates News Agency) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES (AP)

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