Originally Posted by
harold green
Hello
Last December we went through lax, JFK & orlando and no issues with security. No pat down, no scanner, metal detector only.
Last week we went thru lax, metal detector only. Yet upon leavin Ohare as I went thru the metal detector it buzzed.
I had no metal and was told it was not metal it was random.
They put me in a glass room while my family watched
Guy came in wipped my hands came back 30 seconds later and relEased me?
I doubt it. Most likely thing is that you had metal that you didnt realize that you had.
Another possibility is that you touched the metal detector as you passed through. Most TSO's know about this being a problem and will have you go through again, but if they missed the touch then most likely not.
Last possibility is that an outside influience of some sort set off the detector. The magnetic field tends to extend all around the detector, not just in the doorway. Excess metal around it or some other EMI could have caused the alarm.