Timeline for Prohibited item forgotten in hand luggage: what to do with it?
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Feb 9, 2016 at 11:01 | comment | added | Xen2050 | @AleksG If you forgot about some item, and the first security check didn't find it, but it is found at some secondary gate screening, then you're still in the same position you'd be in if it were found at the first security check; you just forgot about it. If anyone would be in trouble, it's the first security check personnel for not doing a proper job. | |
Feb 8, 2016 at 22:59 | comment | added | reirab | @AndrewLazarus Look at the bright side; what you've managed to slip through inadvertently isn't nearly as bad as some of the other stuff people have gotten on board with. ;) One of the most egregious I can remember hearing about was a U.S. Army Green Beret who had forgotten that he had 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) of C4 in his bag. He completed at least one flight with no one noticing and TSA finally noticed on his return flight. | |
Feb 8, 2016 at 22:04 | comment | added | Aleks G | @FedericoPoloni That's not the only problem. You might have a very hard time if you're chosen for secondary screening at the gate and the item is found on you. They will assume that you intentionally hid the item to get it past security. Good luck proving otherwise. | |
Feb 8, 2016 at 22:01 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | Because that also means a Bad Guy with a (gun|knife|mace|H-Bomb) didn't have his stuff examined either. | |
Feb 8, 2016 at 21:59 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | I find it difficult to understand your last sentence. What do you mean? Why would it be annoying if you can bring the item with you without hassle? | |
Feb 8, 2016 at 21:56 | history | answered | Andrew Lazarus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |