airport security

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Have you ever been unable to take "dangerous items" on board a plane?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 24 Nov 18

It is no surprise that airport security staff are always on the lookout for items that passengers want to take on board but which might be considered potentially dangerous, but sometimes one has to wonder whether they have gone...

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How did you feel when you were frisked?

Yanzalong @yanzalong (19091) • Indonesia 7 Dec 17

If you are not hiding anything, there is no need to be afraid when you are frisked. If you often travel by plane wherever you go, you will be frisked and your handbags are scanned. This is normal. This is done for security...

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Onwards and Upwards

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 11 Feb 17

For my daughter. She completed her in-class training for the security screening at the airport. Her final test garnered her a 91%. Today she started training out on the floor and will be out on the floor all next week. She'll be...

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Who Knew I Liked Apricot Jam?

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 19 Mar 16

Z, our youngest son, brought home 3 small jars of jam from Vienna, Austria when he came back from Spring Break. One of them is apricot jam. He had to twist my arm to get me to try it. I never thought I'd like apricot...

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Guilty of Having a Paper Clip in My Pocket

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 23 Nov 15

I've just been reading a post by @jaboUK about being frisked at the airport and it reminded me of a time, many years ago, when I too was frisked. My husband and I were travelling across the Tasman, from New Zealand to Australia....

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No Security

glowin100 @glowin100 (124) 19 Sep 11

What do you think about the TSA's investigation about finding that some employees were not checking baggage at the Honolulu airport?

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national safety

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A word for the TSA groper

djbtol @djbtol (5493) • United States 2 Dec 10

Since before TSA called the shots for Airport Security, air travellers knew that the security agents had very little sense of humor with respect to any comments you might make as they were scanning, patting and searching you and...

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tsa

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Thank God I had a nice and pretty thong on....

hardworkinggurl @hardworkinggurl (37062) • United States 19 Nov 10

On Wednesday, I took my flight to TN, to meet my boyfriend, of which I had not seen in 2 1/2 weeks. So I put on my fanciest thong and bra. So I walk through the scanner at the airport and wouldn't you know it my rhinestones on...

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clean underwear

invaded

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Air Port delay.. who should pay?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 14 Jun 10

My aunt and uncle fly to other countries frequently. This week they were supposed to go to Turkey. They had already passed security and sat down to put their shoes back on when a couple close to them began arguing. Pretty soon the...

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refunds

travel injuries

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Mom got the story wrong (follow up to school lock down)

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 7 Mar 10

Well apparently the story about the girl who joked about having a bomb and ended up getting searched and sent home didn't happen at school, it happened at the airport. Oops. Well, they do take those things very seriously...

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dawn

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they frisked me at the airport!

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 1 Jan 10

They told me it was because I bought a one-way ticket that day and had only carry on luggage! Yet this last week a man did the same thing and he got on the plane with a bomb! I was on the way to see about my son who had been in a...

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frisked

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How Is It That The Security Is Being Laxed Today?

skysuccess @skysuccess (8857) • Singapore 27 Dec 09

I am sure all of you would have already read about the recent "Syringe Bomber" appearing on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. On how this Nigerian Abdulmutallab was thought to have boarded KLM Flight 588 in Lagos, transferring...

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response to al-qaida attack on u.s. soil simply not good enough.

RAVENBLADE0842 @RAVENBLADE0842 (493) • United States 26 Dec 09

If you have not heard by now, We have had another significant terrorist attack attempt on U.S. soil. This time a Nigerian man who admitedly has links to Al Qaida attempted to use explosives hidden on his body to bring down a...

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terrorism

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Rookie Mistake

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 12 Oct 09

I'm a fairly seasoned traveler. I fly at least a couple of times a year most years. And since I've moved from Los Angeles to Sacramento, I've flown quite a lot. The first year after I moved up here I flew down there and other...

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Airport Confiscations

lelin1123 @lelin1123 (15594) • Puerto Rico 4 Jun 09

I wonder what happens to the stuff that is confiscated from us when its not allowed on a flight. Does anyone know? My brother and I were traveling from Florida to NY he was given a bottle of Xango from a relative. The drink only...

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confiscated

xango

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You're working airport security...

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 8 Feb 09

So you just started your new job working airport security, and a woman comes through with a bottle of water that you have to confiscate. She makes a big fuss and says to you, "Do I Look like a terrorist? I have blonde hair and...

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terrorism

terrorists

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This Is Too Stupid...Is Airport Security Going A Bit Far?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 26 Aug 08

I just heard this story on World News Now, that a woman named Nancy Kates went to the Oakland International Airport to board a flight to visit her mother in Boston. When she went through the metal detectors the alarms went off....

airport security going too far

alarms

are our rights being violated

infringement of rights

need better methods of security measures

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Young children and airplane travel

phoenix25 @phoenix25 (1541) • United States 10 Jul 08

I am going to be flying with my 4-year-old son. We will have 2 flights when we leave and when we return. I am a little nervous about it because he has never flown before. I hope I can keep him quiet and calm during all of the...

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nintendo ds

play video games

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Stolen Luggage

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 5 Mar 08

There was a news story out of Boston of a girl who with her parents went to spring training to see the Red Socks. She caught a ball and had several of the players sign it. She packed it in her luggage and it was gone when she got...

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items taken

stolen luggage

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Is Airport security as good as it should be?

naty1941 @naty1941 (2336) • United States 7 Mar 07

Yesterday, a young man 22 years of age boarded an airplane in Orlando, Fla. and upon arrival at San Juan, Puerto Rico he was arrested for having high caliber guns and marijuana in a duffel bag. The man was an airline employee. How...

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