19 years after it was first enacted, the shoes-off policy is set to be dropped by major international airports, especially in the United States.
In December 2001, Richard Reid, a British man who would come to be known as the "shoe bomber," attempted to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami with explosives hidden in his shoes.
He failed to detonate the explosives, and the plane landed safely in Boston after passengers helped subdue him. Reid's plan was disrupted when he struggled to light a fuse attached to his shoes, which contained roughly 10 ounces of explosive material, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Travellers receiving services at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Photo Larry Madowo Reid pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and is serving a life sentence at a Supermax prison in Colorado.
