View Full Version : 400,000 "weapons" per month being confiscated at TSA checkpoints


Cholula
Mar 11, 03, 7:26 am
Interesting story about various objects the traveling public are STILL trying to carry on the aircraft:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/03/10/airport.security.ap/index.html


Among the more bizarre items recently confiscated are a circular saw, kitchen sink pipe, wall hangings depicting the Greek god Apollo and my favorite terrorist weapon of the month...a trailer hitch!!


Edited to correct url link....


[This message has been edited by Cholula (edited 03-11-2003).]

essxjay
Mar 11, 03, 4:50 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
and my favorite terrorist weapon of the month...a trailer hitch!!
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Oh, that's priceless! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/biggrin.gif

Spiff
Mar 11, 03, 5:13 pm
I bet it was confiscated at a Kentucky airport... http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/biggrin.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by essxjay:
Oh, that's priceless! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/biggrin.gif</font>

"Originally posted by Cholula:
and my favorite terrorist weapon of the month...a trailer hitch!!"



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tazi
Mar 11, 03, 8:28 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
I bet it was confiscated at a Kentucky airport... http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/biggrin.gif

"Originally posted by Cholula:
and my favorite terrorist weapon of the month...a trailer hitch!!"

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Are you trying to tell us something, Spiff? http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/wink.gif



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deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin