Originally Posted by HarryHolden68

This happened to me in TFW. Apparently, when viewed on the scanner, a zoom lens for a camera looks the same as a detonator. Everybody and their dog was called to look at the screen. What surprised me is that it took the staff a good 5 minutes to confer with me over what they could see allowing me to describe the lens. At this, I was permitted to open the bag for them to all breathe a sigh of relief. Lens now goes in my checked bag or taken out of the bag and placed in a separate tray..

It was all good natured and at no point was I made to feel like a terrorist. A great deal of apologising from the team leader, which was not required.