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The Rev. Jacob Jester wasn’t trying to start anything. But when he saw security screeners at Kansas City International Airport patting down a baby — a baby — he took a picture. And then he shared that picture on Twitter. It went viral, and voila: Jester’s snapshot is the flashpoint of the day in the debate over who should be considered a threat to the flying public. Not what he intended, Jester said Tuesday, after the image had been picked up by The Drudge Report and the Daily Mail in London, among others, and viewed nearly 300,000 times. “I thought...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Heavy snow and slush has forced officials at Kansas City International Airport to close and cancel numerous flights. Airport spokesman Joe McBride says the runways were closed around 6:30 a.m. Sunday when testing showed conditions were too slick to safely operate planes. The airport sees about 440 flights a day. Four inches of snow had fallen at Kansas City International as of 10 a.m. Forecasters predict snow will continue well into the afternoon.

An official with Kansas City International Airport apparently has tried intimidation in an effort to eliminate discussion about the recently installed footbaths, after repeated denials they are intended for Muslims to perform their footwashing ritual before their prayers. "That's the way I perceived it," Kevin Peterson told WND in a telephone interview. Peterson said he shares his name with a union steward for the Air Traffic Controllers Union at Kansas City's airport, but he is not the same individual. He was sent an e-mail from airport spokesman Joe McBride, who assumed he was writing to the union steward. "The...

Plane Lands At KCI After Taliban Note Found No One Arrested KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A passenger jet landed at Kansas City International Airport Thursday afternoon after a threatening note was found on the plane. KMBC reported that America West Flight 820 was on its way from Phoenix to Boston when the note was found on a restroom wall. It said, 'Taliban is here." The pilot made an unscheduled stop at KCI. The passengers -- about 100 of them -- exited the plane and went through security again while the plane was searched by federal officials. KMBC reported that no...

Posted on Tue, Aug. 02, 2005 Plane lands at KCI after passenger finds razor By GLENN E. RICE The Kansas City Star An America West flight made a precautionary landing at Kansas City International Airport this afternoon after a passenger found a razor blade aboard, according to airport officials. The flight originated in Phoenix and was on its way to Cleveland when the passenger saw the one-sided blade on the floor, KCI spokesman Joe McBride said. The plane landed in Kansas City about 1:30 p.m. It was not immediately known where the blade came from. There were no reported problems...

Federal terrorism investigators are looking into the thefts of uniforms worn by airport workers. KMBC's Jeremy Hubbard said that the uniforms are normally worn by employees with acess to secure airport areas as well as to airplanes.'Well, that doesn't make me feel very comfortable about flying today. I didn't know that,' traveler Melanie Volker said.Hubbard said the heist happened a week and a half ago at 17th and Cherry streets. Someone broke into Cintas Uniforms and stole a uniform delivery truck.The day after the break in, the truck was recovered, but the uniforms were missing.