The TSA briefed airline industry members about the change on Tuesday. The Transportation Security Administration plans to let many travelers leave their shoes on at U.S. airport checkpoints, ending a roughly 20-year-old rule, according to people familiar with the matter. The TSA briefed industry members about the change on Tuesday, the people said.

The rule had been in place nearly two decades following a British man smuggling a bomb on a flight in one of his shoes.