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Security Changes Coming To U.S. Airports

BOSTON (CBS) - President Barack Obama says it is a definite possibility a bomb took down a passenger jet over Egypt.

Just before the busiest travel season of the year, Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) is calling into question security at American airports. CBS News has learned security changes are coming to U.S airports. Some changes in procedures could be announced as early as Friday.

Keating, who is on the Homeland Security Committee, says the crash in Egypt is a real game-changer.

As new video emerges of the moments after the crash -- a bomb is emerging as the leading theory of what brought the plane down.

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224 people were killed in a plane crash in Egypt (CBS News image)

"I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board, and we're taking that very seriously," President Obama said in a radio interview.

There is still no hard evidence of a bomb, but what investigators do have are intercepted communications from the terror group indicating a plot, and heat flashes picked up by a U.S. satellite, one flash followed by three more as the plane fell to the Earth, indicative of an explosion.

But there's work to do in confirming that a bomb caused it.

"It's a real game-changer in terms of ISIS, because this is an expansion of their activities," Rep. Keating said Thursday at Logan Airport.

Keating says that's especially troubling in light of security lapses at American airports. He points to a recent Inspector General report that found 96 percent of undercover agents were able to get through screenings with weapons.

"As we look at the bombing, it's sending several warning signals to us not just in the overall fight on terror, but also on airport security, as well," Keating says.

Keating says there are changes in the works, including better screening of TSA employees to make sure they don't have ties to radical causes and better security at the perimeters of airports.

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