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Passenger Brings Gargantuan Lobster Aboard Flight (Legally)
Ryan Boyd June 28, 2017
Last Sunday, a flyer was allowed to bring a 20-pound live lobster aboard a JetBlue flight at Logan International Airport (BOS), and according to the Transportation Security Administration, the crustacean qualifies as perfectly legal checked luggage.
TSA spokesperson Michael McCarthy tweeted about the incident:
Yes indeed! The lobster was traveling in a cooler in checked luggage and was allowed to continue.
— Michael McCarthy (@TSAmedia_MikeM) June 26, 2017
To read more on this story, go to The New York Post.
[Photo: Michael McCarthy/Twitter]
I've flown with live lobsters as carry on luggage a couple of times, never more than a four pounder, though.
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When I travel with my emotional support lobster, I always put bands on its claws out of courtesy to my seatmates.