On the sixth anniversary of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has announced new rules and regulations for private aircraft entering the United States. Pilots will be required to radio in information about their flights to US officials one hour before taking off from their place of origin. Previously, pilots were required to radio in information about their flights one hour before arrival. 

The move comes on the heels of Michael Chertoff's interview last week with ABC World News, one where he warned of Homeland Security's new threat assessment involving private planes coming into the United State from Europe and Asia. 

"We're very focused now on private planes coming from Europe and Asia. We're on the verge of putting out some new regulations to secure us against threats from that arena," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told ABC News' Pierre Thomas. "We're looking at small boats, which would be another way of threatening our ports, aside from the container ships that we've talked about so much." 

(DHS Press Release: DHS Launches Initiatives to Strengthen Private Aircraft Security)

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