Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Not from The Onion: TSA blog tells travelers "Leave Your Grenades at Home"

Well, duh!

TSA Travel Tips Tuesday: Leave Your Grenades at Home

 After reading the title of this post, your first thought probably was, “That’s obvious.” Not always so. Year to date, our officers have discovered:

  • 43 grenades in carry-on baggage.
  • 40 grenades in checked baggage
The majority of these grenades were inert, replica, or novelty items, but a few were live smoke, flare, riot, and flash bang grenades, which can pose major safety issues to aircraft and also violate FAA hazmat regulations. Read more here...

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