Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
There's no evidence of anything messy, drippy, liquid, or anything else from the OP - all we know is that it was food. It could have been chips, snack bars, or olives in brine in a leaky ziploc bag. We don't know. The OP simply put a permitted piece of hand luggage in the overhead bin . . .
Would a bowl of chili purchased in the terminal and covered by saran wrap be a 'permitted piece of hand luggage'?