Crazy TSA stories
Millions of Americans are expected to travel during the holidays, many of them via the nation’s airports. But when you’re waiting on weather-delayed flights, standing in those long security checkpoint lines or dealing with grumpy fellow passengers, just be thankful you’re not having a day like these folks had.
When: Dec. 11, 2011
A traveler’s confiscated gun unexpectedly fired and a pellet fragment grazed a police officer. What was in the gun?
When: Dec. 10, 2011
A 76-year-old man told police he forgot he was wearing a gun when he tried to go through a security checkpoint. Where was he?
When: Dec. 3, 2011
A passenger headed to Belgium tried to bring five inert hand grenades on the plane.
When: November 2011
A pregnant teen ended up on the wrong flight after agents flagged her purse as a security risk.
When: Sept. 19, 2011
A Dallas hair stylist said she was “humiliated” after agents searched her hair for explosives
When: Sept. 14, 2011
A 21-year-old man was arrested when agents discovered his potato-skins bags weren’t carrying chips
When: Dec. 28, 2010
A wheelchair-using woman – who previously had stripped down to her bra and panties at a security checkpoint – later was stopped for a more peculiar reason
When: Nov. 24, 2010
A young woman wore nothing but a trench coat and a two-piece bathing suit to get through security quicker
When: Nov. 18, 2010
A passenger protested the TSA’s full-body scanners and pat-down procedures by stripping down to his underwear
When: Nov. 13, 2010
A software engineer’s encounter with the TSA went viral after he protested the way he was handled at a security checkpoint
When: 2010 (first available)
A Colorado man invented undergarments that he claims protect passengers’ privacy as they go through full-body scanners.
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