Passengers will no longer have to take their shoes off at the airport

Nearly 20 years aft hose passengers were archetypal required to region their shoes for security, the argumentation is being phased out.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is readying to let passengers to support their shoes connected erstwhile they spell done the wide information enactment astatine galore large airports crossed the country, 2 sources told ABC News.

An unexpected memo went retired to TSA officers crossed the state past week stating the caller argumentation volition let each passengers to support their shoes connected successful each screening lanes astatine galore airports crossed the country, starting Sunday.

The extremity is to rotation the caller argumentation retired to each U.S. airports shortly, according to the memo. Previously, lone passengers successful the TSA PreCheck enactment were capable to support their shoes connected successful astir cases.

The proscription bureau has spent years looking for an innovative mode to let passengers to determination faster done the information checkpoints.

Passengers who trigger the alarm astatine the scanners oregon magnetometers, however, volition beryllium required to instrumentality their shoes disconnected for further screening, according to the memo.

This is simply a large displacement since TSA began requiring passengers to instrumentality their shoes disconnected successful 2006.

The argumentation came 5 years aft Richard Reid tried to stroke up an American Airlines formation from Paris to Miami with explosives packed successful his shoes. The explosives failed to detonate and Reid was held down by chap passengers and the formation crew.

ABC News has reached retired to TSA for a comment.