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Are You Crazy or Just Dumb? 5 of the Weirdest Items Confiscated by the TSA

Alyssa Kramer — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:32:37 +0000

It’s hard to know what to expect when going through airport security. Sometimes you’re able to waltz right through without a second glance. Other times, you find yourself being interrogated for a suspicious used Kleenex in your purse ("Ma’am, I’m afraid you’re going to have to check these boogers"). Either way, it’s important to know what’s allowed and not allowed on a plane. For example, a hairbrush? OK. A stun gun disguised as a pink phone? Maybe not.

A Pilot Is Arrested For A Gun At Buffalo Airport

Alexis — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:34:19 +0000

Being a TSA screener requiers you to be on your toes. A gun did not escape them at the Buffalo Airport yesterday afternon,. A Piedmont pilot had a loaded handgun n his bag. Maybe he forgot all about it. He had been traveling eith the gun for the last two days and no one else [...]

You Won't Believe What the TSA Confiscated in 2011

Kathy Landin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:56:21 +0000

We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.

Breast Cancer Survivor Faces Unnecessary Patdown At Airport

Mike Riley — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:44:39 +0000

A breast cancer survivor says she faced “humiliation” when she was forced to have her breasts patted down during an airport screening last week. Lori Dorn said a full-body scan revealed her prosthesis. She explained that she had recently undergone a mastectomy, and offered to present complete documentation of the material. The screeners refused to [...]

TSA Removes 95 year Old Woman's Adult Diaper [Video]

chuck.stevens — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:55:36 +0000

When will common sense come back into our lives? Apparently no time soon when it comes to traveling through airports. TSA security officers at the Fort Walton Beach-Destin airport patted down at 95 year old cancer-stricken woman and forcibly removed an adult diaper during the search. And it that isn’t enough, the woman is in [...]

Fights On Flights

chuck.stevens — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:13:21 +0000

What’s happening today at airports and on airplanes? I used to fly a lot, and always thought cramming people into airplanes and treating them rudely was a recipe for disaster. Now with today’s increased security and screening pressure put on passengers, are things reaching a boiling point? Case in point; a recent fight on board [...]

Stripping Down At The Airport

chuck.stevens — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:38:16 +0000

If you flew over the holidays you had to deal with the TSA, and some people don’t handle it well! This time it was 21-year-old Aaron B. Tobey who was quite irritated at the way he was being treated by TSA officials at Richmond International Airport. So, to protest, he stripped down to his underwear and [...]