passenger

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Congress nationalized passenger and baggage screening at airports two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The 2.25-mile electric train system is designed to help reduce airport congestion by connecting terminals, parking lots and passenger pickup and drop-off areas — ferrying riders over the airport’s notorious horseshoe loop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

First class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli used the floatation device before entering a lifeboat and was one of about 700 people to survive the tragedy in 1912.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The country's only international passenger facility, whose departure boards are now largely red with cancellations, is located on the Mediterranean coast at the edge of Beirut's southern suburbs.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The clinic treated hundreds of people every day, who came sometimes from great distances, by foot, on donkey, or on the overcrowded passenger trucks on Highway 3.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French