Things Not to Bring on Airplanes

If you travel as much as I do, you spend a great deal of time wondering about the people sharing that pressurized cylinder with you. With that in mind, here, from the Department of Homeland Security, is the current list of most-confiscated objects from people getting on airplanes:

Lighters 8,124,525
Sharp objects 3,041,218
Knives and blades 1,650,894
–Less than 3 inches 1,599,103
–3 inches or longer 51,791
Tools 819,450
Flammables/irritants 362,613
Ammunition and gunpowder 21,939
Box cutters 19,499
Clubs, bats and bludgeons 19,183

In looking at this list — people travel with bats, bludgeons, and gunpowder? — I’m reminded again why I don’t like flying.

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Comments

  1. Raj Bala says:

    Ever wonder what happens with all that stuff.
    South Carolina ends up sending it to their state surplus warehouse.
    http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZscgovtsurplus

  2. nat says:

    can u bring hairstraiteners on planes?

  3. dearrius says:

    is it good