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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Holiday travelers greeted by delays, tight security AFP - Monday, December 28 Send IM Story Print A TSA officer screens an airline passenger in Terminal C at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport December 27. Stressed travelers faced heightened security on the holiday season's busiest travel day, following a botched attempt to blow up a US airliner. CHICAGO (AFP) - – Stressed travelers faced heightened security on the holiday season's busiest travel day, following a botched attempt to blow up a US airliner. Dino Melchior, 50, was stuck in Chicago with his parents and two children after his flight was delayed by two hours due to heightened security in Toronto -- and they missed their connecting flight to Hawaii. "Apparently a new directive came out for people to be physically patted down and they weren't prepared for it," Melchior said, as his teenage son waited in line to retrieve their luggage. "I've never seen lines like that." The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said US-bound, international travelers should expect tougher screening measures, including pat-downs and bag searches. Melchior described a chaotic scene as security officers without megaphones tried to organize the massive crowd at Toronto's Pearson airport. Each carry-on bag was emptied and searched. People were told to lift their shoeless feet for a quick pat after their full bodies were skimmed. Screeners even lifted his daughter's long black hair to make sure she was hiding nothing. Melchior said he was disappointed by the delay, but understood the need for extra security. "It was a minor inconvenience," he told AFP. "Would I have liked to be on the plane to Maui? Yes. Mostly, it just could have been better organized." The new measures follow the botched Christmas Day attack by terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to detonate explosives aboard a Northwest Airlines flight with 290 people on board as it was set to land in Detroit. Related article: Fresh questions raised over air security Lines to get through security checkpoints at Chicago's O'Hare airport - one of the busiest in the world - moved smoothly Sunday, with the screening process appearing to be unchanged. "Everything worked like a charm today," said Don Kawamoto, a TSA supervisor in Terminal 1. "Everything was smooth. The passengers were happy. It was good planning by the TSA - we had enough people and it worked." Passenger Kamesh Nara, 25, said more work needs to be done to keep air travel safe following the latest attempted attack. "How did he get it on the plane?" Nara asked. "It's a failure of government." Nara, an engineer living in South Carolina and on his way to India see his family for the first time in two years, said he would not be deterred by the threat of terrorist attacks. "Even though we're nervous, we can't stop. We have no other choice. We have to travel," he said. "Being from India, we know the problem. We have to fight against terrorism and we need to strengthen our security." Passenger Amy Timm, 31, also said she refused to let threats of terrorism affect her daily life. "There's nothing we can do about it," she said as she waited to board a KLM flight to Tanzania. Timm arrived early for the flight, and said she was surprised by how quiet things were at the airport. "I'm kind of shocked. We were expecting heightened security and stuff," she said. In a statement, the TSA said it has a "layered approach" to security that "allows us to surge resources as needed." "We have the ability to quickly implement additional screening measures including explosive detection canine teams, law enforcement officers, gate screening, behavior detection and other measures both seen and unseen," the TSA said. "Passengers should not expect to see the same thing at every airport." Passengers on international flights bound for the United States "can expect to see additional security measures... including pat-downs and bag searches," and they will also be asked to remaining seated "during certain portions of the flight," the TSA added. 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