"BAG STATUS: SUSPECT" sticker
Aug 20, 2007 | 8:57 pm
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"BAG STATUS: SUSPECT" sticker
I noticed this on one of my checked bags when I picked it up off the carousel at MKE last night. The bag had books, audio tapes, a large picture frame and a couple of vinyl records inside.
What does "BAG STATUS: SUSPECT" mean? There was no TSA card on the inside of the bag and my items didn't appear to have been searched. I started my trip in RIC, which just recently added in-line CTX machines to screen bags (bags used to just be swabbed or searched manually there before the new terminal opened several months ago).
What does "BAG STATUS: SUSPECT" mean? There was no TSA card on the inside of the bag and my items didn't appear to have been searched. I started my trip in RIC, which just recently added in-line CTX machines to screen bags (bags used to just be swabbed or searched manually there before the new terminal opened several months ago).
Aug 21, 2007 | 12:51 am
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(Source: http://www.airport-int.com/categorie...ng-systems.asp)
That sticker likely meant that your bag was assigned one of the higher levels (e.g. 2 or 3).
The Industry standard Five Level Screening Process [, which] is based on the following: -
Level 1: Automated evaluation of the X-ray image by the X-ray Machine.
Level 2: Operator analysis of the Level 1 image at a workstation(s), carried out whilst the bag continues in transit.
Level 3: A more in-depth analysis of the original Level 1 image at a separate workstation(s) or subjecting the bag to a separate X-ray process using a different X-ray technology, for example Computer Tomography (CT Scanner).
Level 4: Re-uniting the passenger and bag and carrying out a manual search.
[In the US, Level 4 is replaced with a 'TSA bag molestation']
Level 5: In the event that the passenger cannot be found, then the bag is considered a bomb threat and dealt with accordingly.
Level 1: Automated evaluation of the X-ray image by the X-ray Machine.
Level 2: Operator analysis of the Level 1 image at a workstation(s), carried out whilst the bag continues in transit.
Level 3: A more in-depth analysis of the original Level 1 image at a separate workstation(s) or subjecting the bag to a separate X-ray process using a different X-ray technology, for example Computer Tomography (CT Scanner).
Level 4: Re-uniting the passenger and bag and carrying out a manual search.
[In the US, Level 4 is replaced with a 'TSA bag molestation']
Level 5: In the event that the passenger cannot be found, then the bag is considered a bomb threat and dealt with accordingly.
That sticker likely meant that your bag was assigned one of the higher levels (e.g. 2 or 3).
Aug 21, 2007 | 1:47 am
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