United Accidentally Restricts Comic Books Following SDCC
Jesse Tabit July 25, 2017
Following San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday, United Airlines mistakenly relayed a message to its passengers saying that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was instructing people leaving the event via San Diego International Airport (SAN) were to remove ALL books for security checks (including comics).
However, both the airline and the TSA later issued a response that the warning was a mistake, and apologized for any inconvenience. Some travelers already took to Twitter, though, spreading word of the news [disclaimer: foul language abound]:
If you are at #SDCC #SDCC2017 and are flying out on @united – please take note of this and share!!! pic.twitter.com/s1sV269DuQ
— Adi Chappo (@adichappo) July 23, 2017
Ahaha holy shit the airport is going to be a clusterfuck. #SDCC cc @SD_Comic_Con pic.twitter.com/WIYqSpzlaA
— postcon hangover Amy (@spooloflies) July 23, 2017
Good afternoon. Pls note there are no TSA restrictions on checking comic books or any other types of books. https://t.co/Nu00IvcZSc
— TSA (@TSA) July 24, 2017
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Another in an endless stream of willful management failures at United Airlines. So funny when the TSA responded, basically said UA didn't have a clue. So what else is new?