New American Airlines tech to make sound when early boarders detected at O'Hare Airport

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Friday, February 28, 2025
New American tech to make sound when early boarders detected at O'Hare

CHICAGO (WLS) -- American Airlines is putting new technology at Chicago O'Hare Airport to stop line-cutters.

The airline is expanding technology to stop people from boarding before their assigned group.

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Now, when someone's boarding pass is scanned before it's their turn, a sound goes off.

This technology is already in use at a few other airports around the country.

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