Posted on 06/20/2024 10:51:43 AM PDT by DFG
The TSA doesn’t want you to have a blast this summer.
Two passengers were busted at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday when they tried to bring a smoke grenade and an inert explosives grenade aboard their respective flights, according to the TSA.
TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said agents first came across a man who thought he could pass the security checkpoint while carrying a hand grenade in his bags.
“Most people plan on having a blast on their trip, but this guy wasn’t thinking along those lines when @TSA officers intercepted this grenade at the @PITairport checkpoint yesterday,” Farbstein wrote on X about the grenade.
“Fortunately it was inert, however grenades, live or inert are not allowed on planes,” she reminded travelers.
But it seemed like not everyone got the memo as Farbstein flagged another incident an hour later, where a customer was carrying an active M18 smoke grenade in their carry-on bag.
“Had it been triggered, thick yellow smoke would have been everywhere!” Farbstein said. “Yellow is just not a good look.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Ha!
Dumbazz abounding!
...let’s hope it isn’t contagious
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