Travel Tips “What Not To Pack For Yor Vacation “

The absolute worst idea: transporting an old, unexploded bomb to the airport in your luggage and attempting to bring it on a plane. A chaotic scene unfolded at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Thursday after an American family attempted to pass through security with unexploded ordnance in their suitcase.

According to the Israel Airports Authority, the tourists approached airport security and asked about the shell as they deposited their luggage, sparking a panicked effort to evacuate the departure hall.

The family found the bomb during a visit to the Golan Heights, a contested strip of land Israel captured from Syria in a war in 1967, annexed in 1981, and, under international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions, has illegally occupied ever since.

The area remains littered with landmines, barbed wire and unexploded bombs ― minus at least one.

The Israel Airports Authority told CNN the family was allowed to board their flight after an interrogation and that the incident is “currently under operational investigation.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-family-israel-bomb-luggage-souvenir_n_626bf9ede4b029505df1cab6



And then, repeat offenders that can’t seem to learn from their past offenses….

Representative Madison Cawthorn was briefly detained by the police on Tuesday after trying to bring a loaded gun through airport security in Charlotte, N.C., in his carry-on bag, the second time in a little more than a year that the North Carolina Republican has been stopped from flying with a firearm.



Mr. Cawthorn, the youngest member of the House, was passing through Security Checkpoint D at Charlotte Douglas International Airport around 9 a.m. when a Transportation Security Administration agent saw the image of a gun on an X-ray machine, the authorities said.

Police officers were called to the checkpoint, where law enforcement officials said that Mr. Cawthorn acknowledged that the gun, a loaded Staccato 9-millimeter pistol, belonged to him. Describing Mr. Cawthorn as cooperative, the police said they cited the congressman with possession of a dangerous weapon on city property.

( They only cited him? And this being the 2nd time he’s brought a loaded gun to an airport?)



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-gun-airport.html



But wait, there’s more!

2021’s Top Ten Most Bizarre TSA Catches:

1. Chainsaw – New Orleans International. “Can’t stump us.”

2. Wine-bottle holder shaped like a pair of guns – Sacramento International. “Please don’t make pour decisions like this passenger.”

3. Fireworks – Syracuse Hancock International. “Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know this is a no-no.”

4. Machete – Reagan Washington National Airport. “Talk about a dull idea.”

5. Bear spray – Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. “Is definitely not a bear necessity for your flight.”

6. Meat cleaver – Harrisburg International. “Not a cleaver idea to bring this through security.”

7. Belt buckle with an inlaid firearm – Honolulu International. “How’s our list holding up so far? Better than this passenger’s pants, hopefully.”

8. Meth-filled burrito – Hobby International. “You can’t speed your way through security with this one”.

9. Old-timey pistol – Newark Liberty International. “Is your one shot worth…a mug shot?”

10. Bullets smuggled inside a deodorant stick – Atlantic City International. “This passenger must have been sweating bullets.”

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/tsa-reveals-strangest-confiscated-items-from-2021.html

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