US authorities are introducing tougher screening rules for passengers arriving by air from nations deemed to have links with terrorism.
Reports say people flying from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Cuba will have pat-down body searches and have carry-on baggage searched.
President Barack Obama condemned lapses following the alleged Christmas Day bomb plot against a US plane.
He promised "to act quickly to fix flaws" in the security system.
The new security directives will come into effect on Monday.
Random checks
The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the new rules apply to passengers flying from or through countries on the US State Department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list - Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria - and "other countries of interest".
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