TSA breaks screening records with holiday rush<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the government shutdown over, airports handled a record-breaking surge of holiday travel, per new data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)<\/strong> screened more than 3.13 million people<\/strong> at U.S. airports on Sunday, a new single-day record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TSA announced the milestone Monday on the social platform X. The mark surpassed the previous high of more than 3.09 million, set on June 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of the top 10 busiest days occurred in the last two years, with the third-place mark of more than 3.08 million people screened also occurring on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new record also comes less than three weeks after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 43-day funding lapse<\/strong> resulted in TSA employees and air traffic controllers missing multiple paychecks, with some taking second jobs \u2014 leading to mass disruptions nationwide, including a forced air traffic reduction from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n