THURSDAY,SEPT.13,2001
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
NEWS
Area travelers still waiting for air traffic to resume
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
Boon Chew still doesn't know whether his girlfriend will be able to catch a flight in time to Malaysia for her graduation ceremony in the wake of the FAA's continued ban on all commercial air traffic.
The ban, which took effect Tuesday after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, is expected to be lifted, but the timing remains uncertain.
Chew, Malaysia senior, said his
girlfriend, Lee Lian, who had been visiting him in Lawrence for the past two months, was supposed to return to her home country today, but her flight was canceled.
"I was kind of expecting something might happen because of what happened Tuesday," Chew said.
He said he was afraid Lian wouldn't be able to return to her home country in time for her graduation at Monash University, but he was comforted that she wasn't going to be on a plane soon.
Lian rescheduled her flight for
Sept. 20, but Chew said he hoped to find her an earlier flight so she wouldn't miss the ceremony.
Around Kansas, more than 1,600 people were stranded Tuesday night when their planes were diverted to Wichita and Garden City.
Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said all diverted flights, including international flights that landed in Canada, would be allowed to fly to their original destinations.
Only passengers on those flights could reboard.
A chartered plane carrying 100 citizens of Israel was among the flights diverted to Wichita.
Most of the passengers did not speak English, and local synagogues provided translators and Kosher foods.
— The Associated Press contributed to this story
The passengers spent yesterday morning touring the Old Cowtown museum.
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Passengers must go to the ticket counter to check their baggage. There will no longer be curbside or off-airport check-ins.
NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR AIR TRAVELERS ACCORDING TO TRANSPORTATION, AIRLINE AND AIRPORT OFFICIALS:
Passengers will have to be met at the security screening stations rather than at the airport gate. Only passengers will be allowed through the checkpoints.
Passengers will no longer be able to bring knives smaller than four-inches long on board planes. (Knives longer than that already are banned.) All knives and other cutting tools will be prohibited from airplanes and will not be sold at airports.
Wichita air-travel security tightened
Plane manufacturers, airports, military work take measures to increase passenger safety.
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
Several officials from Wichita — a city well known as the Air Capital City — said measures were being taken to tighten security around the city in reaction to Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the East Coast, although officials would not comment on any specific changes.
Felix Lococo, manager of the Flight Standards District Office at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, said employees were working hard to tighten security for when the airport reopens.
He said the airport was still closed and didn't know when flights would resume.
"Everybody here has been working on the tasks they have been given," Lococo said. "When passengers come to the airport, you'll see a new system of security before they enter."
Lt. Jennifer McDonald, the department chief of public affairs at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, said the base was at a heightened state of alert and that no unauthorized personnel were entering.
I here is a lot of shock, "McDonald said. McDonald said the base had to maintain a high level of awareness in all levels and branches.
"We are being more diligent and watching who is coming onto our property," Myers said.
Jessica Myers, manager of media relations for Cessna Aircraft Company, said the terrorist attack had to be taken seriously on all levels of security.
She said even though there was no real overwhelming fear in the community that Wichita would be attacked, things still should be taken seriously.
Fred Solis, an official spokesman for Boeing, said measures were being taken to increase security around all facilities.
"If anything, this whole stream of events goes to show that you can't be too careful," Solis said.
He said several area businesses in Wichita closed because of the terrorist attacks that struck New York City and Washington, D.C., including Towne West and Towne East — the two major malls in Wichita.
"I think there is just a general, deep concern and sympathy for the victims," Solis said.
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Gas: Prices hit $4 to $5 in places
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"When I got about a block away from work I saw the line," he said. "I think people overreacted. It was crazy."
Cherie Sage, public affairs coordinator for AAA of Kansas, immediately began receiving phone calls Tuesday concerning questionable gas prices.
She said AAA did substantiate some of the claims of increased gas prices.
She said gas stations that raised their prices to $4 or $5 per gallon lowered them after the attorney general's office issued a release.
Carla Stovall, attorney general, warned gasoline retailers in a press release that "her office will begin an immediate investigation of alleged price gouging of retail gasoline, which has been reported today by consumers."
Consumers are protected from gas gouging under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.
Mark Ohlemeier, public information officer for the attorney general, said "We're like the rest of the country right now — in shock and in dismay. When some gas stations try to profit off this, that is shameful."
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