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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 1:30 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPpete
I have placed scuba fins in my checked luggage for years and the bag was always opened and searched by TSA. A diving friend told me to lay the fins flat on top of the clothing so the XRay would show them as fins. I had been storing them along the edge of the bag. They must have looked like a long knife that way. Started laying them flat and no TSA search since.
If it's in your checked bag, why would care whether it was a knife of any length?

Oh wait a minute, this is the TSA.

My bad.
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