TSA Releases New Expanded List of Prohibited Items
Apr 30, 2002, 6:17 pm
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TSA Releases New Expanded List of Prohibited Items
Here's the new list of prohibited items:
Interesting what is not on the prohibited list, but is on my local airport's prohibited list, like crochet hooks, knitting needles, sewing needles, metal forks and spoons and blunt scissors.
As this press release indicates, they can ban any "other items that may be deemed to present a potential threat." Great. So much for certainty.
Still no valid FARs on this subject.
www.dot.gov/affairs/tsa0702.htm
[This message has been edited by FWAAA (edited 04-30-2002).]
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April 30, 2002
Contact: Rebecca Trexler or Paul Turk
Phone: 202-366-1109 or 202-366-5580
TSA Issues Guidelines to Help Passengers through Security and Expands List of Prohibited Items
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today issued some reminders to help travelers pass through security checkpoints at airports and an updated list of items that passengers may not bring into the aircraft cabin. The TSA will be reviewing the list periodically, and any changes to the list will be announced and posted on the TSA website at www.tsa.dot.gov.
Allow extra time: Heightened security measures require more time to properly screen travelers. Travelers should contact their airline to find out how early they should arrive.
Check-in:
A government-issued ID (federal, state, or local) will be requested. Each traveler must be prepared to show ID at the ticket counter and subsequent points, such as at the boarding gate, along with an airline-issued boarding pass.
Curbside check-in is available on an airline-by-airline basis. Travelers should contact their airline to see if it is available at their airport.
E-ticket travelers should check with their airline to make sure they have proper documentation. Written confirmation, such as a letter from the airline acknowledging the reservation, may be required to pass through a security checkpoint
Screener checkpoints:
Only ticketed passengers are allowed beyond the security checkpoints. (Arrangements can be made with the airlines for non-travelers accompanying children, and travelers needing special assistance to get to the gate.)
Each traveler will be limited to one carry-on bag and one personal bag (such as purse or briefcase). Travelers and their bags may be subject to additional screening at the gate.
All electronic items (such as laptops and cell phones) are subject to additional screening. Be prepared to remove your laptop from its travel case so that each can be X-rayed separately.
Limit metal objects worn on your person or clothing.
Remove metal objects (such as keys, cell phones, change, etc.) prior to passing through the metal detectors to facilitate the screening process. (Putting metal objects in your carry-on bag will expedite the process of going through the metal detector.)
At all times:
Control all bags and personal items.
Do not accept any items to carry onboard a flight from anyone unknown to you.
Report any unattended items in the airport or on an aircraft to the nearest airport, airline or security personnel.
Items permitted in aircraft cabins:
Pets (if permitted by airline, check with airline for procedures)
Walking canes and umbrellas (once inspected to ensure prohibited items are not concealed)
Nail clippers with nail files attached
Nail files
Tweezers
Safety razors (including disposable razors)
Syringes (with medication and professionally printed label identifying medication or manufacturer’s name)
Insulin delivery systems
Eyelash curlers
Items prohibited from aircraft cabins:
The following items will not be allowed through the security checkpoint. Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. In addition to items specifically listed here, other items that may be deemed to present a potential threat may also be prohibited.
Ammunition
Automatic weapons
Axes
Baseball bats
BB guns
Billy clubs
Blackjacks
Blasting caps
Bows and arrows
Box cutters
Brass knuckles
Bull whips
Cattle prods
Compressed air guns
Corkscrews
Cricket bats
Crow bars
Disabling chemicals or gases
Dog repellent spray
Dynamite
Fire extinguishers
Flare pistols
Golf clubs
Gun lighters
Gunpowder
Hammers
Hand grenades
Hatchets
Hockey sticks
Hunting knives
Ice axe/Ice pick
Knives (any length)
Kubatons
Large, heavy tools (such as wrenches, pliers, etc.)
Mace
Martial arts devices
Meat cleavers
Metal scissors with pointed tips
Numchucks
Pellet guns
Pen knives
Pepper spray
Pistols
Plastic explosives
Pool cues
Portable power drills
Portable power saws
Razor blades (not in a cartridge)
Religious knives
Replica weapons
Revolvers
Rifles
Road flares
SCUBA knives
Sabers
Screwdrivers
Shot guns
Ski poles
Spear guns
Starter pistols
Straight razors
Stun guns/shocking devices
Swords
Tear gas
Throwing stars
Toy transformer robots (this toy forms a toy gun)
Toy weapons
Passengers should be aware that there are no provisions for returning banned items to them when they are left at the security checkpoint. In addition, those who attempt to bring banned items through the checkpoints are subject to civil penalties of up to $1,100 per violation in addition to criminal penalties.
While the above items are strictly prohibited from being carried into the aircraft cabin, many may be transported in checked baggage with these important exceptions:
Firearms and starter pistols may be transported in checked baggage so long as they are unloaded and declared to the airline.
Small arms ammunition for personal use may be carried in checked baggage but only if securely packed in fiber, wood or metal boxes, or other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition.
One self-defense spray (pepper spray or mace) not exceeding 4 fl. oz. may be carried in a checked bag if it has a positive means to prevent accidental discharge.
Blasting caps, compressed air guns, fire extinguishers, flare pistols, and gun lighters are regulated as hazardous materials and may only be transported as cargo on passenger planes under strict limitations in quantity and packaging.
Other items listed above are entirely forbidden in air transportation. These include disabling chemicals or gases, dynamite, gunpowder, hand grenades, plastic explosives, road flares, and tear gas.
Passengers should also note that there are many items not referred to here that are restricted or forbidden as hazardous materials.
For more information go to http://www.tsa.dot.gov or call your airline as individual airlines may place additional restrictions on any item. You may also call the Hazardous Materials Information Center 1-800-467-4922. Violations of the hazardous materials regulations may result in fines of up to $27,500 per violation, as well as criminal fines and/or jail.</font>
April 30, 2002
Contact: Rebecca Trexler or Paul Turk
Phone: 202-366-1109 or 202-366-5580
TSA Issues Guidelines to Help Passengers through Security and Expands List of Prohibited Items
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today issued some reminders to help travelers pass through security checkpoints at airports and an updated list of items that passengers may not bring into the aircraft cabin. The TSA will be reviewing the list periodically, and any changes to the list will be announced and posted on the TSA website at www.tsa.dot.gov.
Allow extra time: Heightened security measures require more time to properly screen travelers. Travelers should contact their airline to find out how early they should arrive.
Check-in:
A government-issued ID (federal, state, or local) will be requested. Each traveler must be prepared to show ID at the ticket counter and subsequent points, such as at the boarding gate, along with an airline-issued boarding pass.
Curbside check-in is available on an airline-by-airline basis. Travelers should contact their airline to see if it is available at their airport.
E-ticket travelers should check with their airline to make sure they have proper documentation. Written confirmation, such as a letter from the airline acknowledging the reservation, may be required to pass through a security checkpoint
Screener checkpoints:
Only ticketed passengers are allowed beyond the security checkpoints. (Arrangements can be made with the airlines for non-travelers accompanying children, and travelers needing special assistance to get to the gate.)
Each traveler will be limited to one carry-on bag and one personal bag (such as purse or briefcase). Travelers and their bags may be subject to additional screening at the gate.
All electronic items (such as laptops and cell phones) are subject to additional screening. Be prepared to remove your laptop from its travel case so that each can be X-rayed separately.
Limit metal objects worn on your person or clothing.
Remove metal objects (such as keys, cell phones, change, etc.) prior to passing through the metal detectors to facilitate the screening process. (Putting metal objects in your carry-on bag will expedite the process of going through the metal detector.)
At all times:
Control all bags and personal items.
Do not accept any items to carry onboard a flight from anyone unknown to you.
Report any unattended items in the airport or on an aircraft to the nearest airport, airline or security personnel.
Items permitted in aircraft cabins:
Pets (if permitted by airline, check with airline for procedures)
Walking canes and umbrellas (once inspected to ensure prohibited items are not concealed)
Nail clippers with nail files attached
Nail files
Tweezers
Safety razors (including disposable razors)
Syringes (with medication and professionally printed label identifying medication or manufacturer’s name)
Insulin delivery systems
Eyelash curlers
Items prohibited from aircraft cabins:
The following items will not be allowed through the security checkpoint. Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. In addition to items specifically listed here, other items that may be deemed to present a potential threat may also be prohibited.
Ammunition
Automatic weapons
Axes
Baseball bats
BB guns
Billy clubs
Blackjacks
Blasting caps
Bows and arrows
Box cutters
Brass knuckles
Bull whips
Cattle prods
Compressed air guns
Corkscrews
Cricket bats
Crow bars
Disabling chemicals or gases
Dog repellent spray
Dynamite
Fire extinguishers
Flare pistols
Golf clubs
Gun lighters
Gunpowder
Hammers
Hand grenades
Hatchets
Hockey sticks
Hunting knives
Ice axe/Ice pick
Knives (any length)
Kubatons
Large, heavy tools (such as wrenches, pliers, etc.)
Mace
Martial arts devices
Meat cleavers
Metal scissors with pointed tips
Numchucks
Pellet guns
Pen knives
Pepper spray
Pistols
Plastic explosives
Pool cues
Portable power drills
Portable power saws
Razor blades (not in a cartridge)
Religious knives
Replica weapons
Revolvers
Rifles
Road flares
SCUBA knives
Sabers
Screwdrivers
Shot guns
Ski poles
Spear guns
Starter pistols
Straight razors
Stun guns/shocking devices
Swords
Tear gas
Throwing stars
Toy transformer robots (this toy forms a toy gun)
Toy weapons
Passengers should be aware that there are no provisions for returning banned items to them when they are left at the security checkpoint. In addition, those who attempt to bring banned items through the checkpoints are subject to civil penalties of up to $1,100 per violation in addition to criminal penalties.
While the above items are strictly prohibited from being carried into the aircraft cabin, many may be transported in checked baggage with these important exceptions:
Firearms and starter pistols may be transported in checked baggage so long as they are unloaded and declared to the airline.
Small arms ammunition for personal use may be carried in checked baggage but only if securely packed in fiber, wood or metal boxes, or other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition.
One self-defense spray (pepper spray or mace) not exceeding 4 fl. oz. may be carried in a checked bag if it has a positive means to prevent accidental discharge.
Blasting caps, compressed air guns, fire extinguishers, flare pistols, and gun lighters are regulated as hazardous materials and may only be transported as cargo on passenger planes under strict limitations in quantity and packaging.
Other items listed above are entirely forbidden in air transportation. These include disabling chemicals or gases, dynamite, gunpowder, hand grenades, plastic explosives, road flares, and tear gas.
Passengers should also note that there are many items not referred to here that are restricted or forbidden as hazardous materials.
For more information go to http://www.tsa.dot.gov or call your airline as individual airlines may place additional restrictions on any item. You may also call the Hazardous Materials Information Center 1-800-467-4922. Violations of the hazardous materials regulations may result in fines of up to $27,500 per violation, as well as criminal fines and/or jail.</font>
As this press release indicates, they can ban any "other items that may be deemed to present a potential threat." Great. So much for certainty.
Still no valid FARs on this subject.
www.dot.gov/affairs/tsa0702.htm
[This message has been edited by FWAAA (edited 04-30-2002).]
May 1, 2002, 7:56 am
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Or hockey sticks?? You can get in a good cross-check or a spear/butt-end, but probably not a slash.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sdix:
Still doesn't make a lot of sense. Umbrellas and walking sticks but not ski poles? </font>
Still doesn't make a lot of sense. Umbrellas and walking sticks but not ski poles? </font>
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May 1, 2002, 9:17 am
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D**n, now I gotta remove the automatic weapons and hand grenades from my carry-on. What is this country coming to?
Note to TSA / FAA / FBI lurkers: This a humor-only post. All statements are fiction.
"Sir, you can't say 'bomb' on an airplane." --Meet the Parents
[edited to bypass the automatic profanity remover v. 2.4]
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Note to TSA / FAA / FBI lurkers: This a humor-only post. All statements are fiction.
"Sir, you can't say 'bomb' on an airplane." --Meet the Parents
[edited to bypass the automatic profanity remover v. 2.4]
[This message has been edited by Western Airlines (edited 05-01-2002).]
May 1, 2002, 9:20 am
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Interestingly, today's Wall Street Journal has a much more extensive list and knitting kneedles are now allowed. The Journal says the TSA is the source of their list. Bowling Balls and Parachutes are now allowed too.
May 1, 2002, 9:22 am
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Can someone tell me what a kubaton is? I suppose I'd know if I had one, so I'm not likely to try to get on an airplane with one by mistake, but I'm curious.
May 1, 2002, 9:29 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Efrem:
Can someone tell me what a kubaton is? I suppose I'd know if I had one, so I'm not likely to try to get on an airplane with one by mistake, but I'm curious.</font>
Can someone tell me what a kubaton is? I suppose I'd know if I had one, so I'm not likely to try to get on an airplane with one by mistake, but I'm curious.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Kubotans, which turn out to be small stabbing weapons meant for self-defense and often carried as key chains.</font>
I've never heard of them.
May 2, 2002, 8:00 am
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I'm waiting for some Spicoli type person to get busted for saying that something's "da bomb." Or for someone saying that someone they know is a time bomb.
I really am. Can you see a Spicoli type saying, dude, that is so da bomb and then being pulled out and given the full treatment?
I really am. Can you see a Spicoli type saying, dude, that is so da bomb and then being pulled out and given the full treatment?