After a shocking photo of the knife one girl accidentally snuck on an airplane went viral on the social news site reddit, uploader sambojomo took to the comments section to clear the air and explain herself.
“For the record,” sambojomo wrote after posting the photo on the social news website, “I was on an international flight and went through the x-ray scan, a manual inspection and customs before I went into my purse to get some eye drops and realized that I had forgotten to pack my knife in my checked luggage.”
Amidst a few comments expressing concern, some commenters revealed they’d been through similar situations in the past.
“I’ve gotten through security with a knife as well,” reddit user macsr4idiots wrote. “It was the summer of 2002 and I accidentally packed my dop kit in my carry on instead of my checked bag, I got through security with a sheathed 5 in knife and a shaving razor…”
While knives are pretty serious, there are a few items on the TSA’s no-carry-on list that are slightly entertaining. For example: hockey sticks, ice skates, cattle prods, and gel shoe inserts are not permitted past TSA security.
Which forbidden item would you remove from the list?
Check out what people say is the weirdest thing taken from the TSA before boarding a flight in the slideshow below the photos.
(Source: Huffington Post)
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My wife and I got through security with a few butter knives (they caught some but not all of them)
As long as you don’t take any drinks on with you!
When I was about to board an international flight with my whole family, I reached in my carry on to get a toy for my son only to discover that I had four (4) knives in one of the side pockets. They ranged between 4 and 6 inch blades and one was a multitool. Airport security is terrible…
I wanted to go thru security with cottage cheese so I could eat something as I was going to be flying all day but the tipish TSA guy said it was a liquid.
They think they are better than GOD.
My brother got past the TSA with a plastic bb gun that looked pretty real (all black with no red markings). He left it in his winter coat by mistake and had to throw it out when he got to Israel.
I have always worn gel inserts in my shoes and never even heard that there is a problem with them. Are you certain that gel inserts are forbidden? I used to fly frequently and have been checked many times, no one checked my shoes for gel inserts.
Big deal a knife! every1 could do that, but how did she get on her eye drops??????
they are so dumb. you can’t take 3oz of a liquid or a gel on the plane, right? but you can put 3,4, or 5 oz of that same liquid gel in a sandwich no problem. So, to get my son’s beloved play dough on the plane (he has sensory issues and I really needed to have it to calm him down) I stuck his playdough between 2 slices of bread. everyone’s happy. sooo cottage cheese dude- next time put the entire container of cottage cheese on a bagel and put the whole thing in a disposable plastic container to keep it all neat.