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Old Mar 15, 2026 | 3:47 pm
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ID requirements were added after the crash of TWA 800. A common belief is that the airlines had already wanted this to prevent ticket resales, and once they had the opportunity to blame the government for "making them" check IDs they were happy to take it.
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