Airport security beefed up for international travelers amid IS threat

The Department of Homeland Security announced it would increase airport security for international travelers while the crash of Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 in the Sinai Peninsula is still under investigation.

Although there are no direct flights from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to the United States, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said the agency would enhance scrutiny of baggage and packages on commercial and freight flights for the near future, in a press release.

"Transportation Security Administrator Peter Neffenger and I, out of an abundance of caution, have identified a series of interim, precautionary enhancements to aviation security with respect to commercial flights bound for the United States from certain foreign airports in the region," Johnson said. "These enhancements are designed to provide an additional layer of security for the traveling public, and will be undertaken in consultation with relevant foreign governments and relevant passenger and cargo airlines."