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The scary and entertaining TSA Top 10 Catches of 2021

01/11/22

2021 was an odd one for travel, with so many COVID-related unknowns throughout the year. But that didn’t stop passengers from bringing along some odd things in their carry-ons and checked baggage. See the video above for the TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2021. →

Fewer passengers, but more firearms at airports

10/13/21

This is alarming: While there are still fewer passengers flying on commercial planes due to the pandemic, there is an uptick in the number of firearms people are bringing with them to U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that so far this year its officers have found a record number of →

Airlines prep for the inauguration with firearms ban, other safety measures

01/14/21

Flying to D.C.? Leave your firearms at home If you’re flying to any airport near Washington, D.C. in the days leading up to the inauguration, you’ll have to leave your firearms at home. Based on the events over the past few weeks in the nation’s capital, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, Southwest, →

Safety

Don’t leave your stuff at the TSA checkpoint

01/05/20

Resolved to fly more in 2020? How to keep your stuff. In 2019, airline passengers tried to take hundreds of thousands of prohibited and banned items through airport security checkpoints in the United States. Transportation Security Administration officers found hatchets, inert grenades, fireworks, firearms (most of them loaded) and so many knives that the →

TSA: 2018 was record-breaking year for guns found at airports

02/07/19

During 2018, TSA officers found a record-breaking number of guns in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints. →

Saying farewell to TSA’s social media star, “Blogger Bob” Burns

10/24/18

Sad news: the charmingly corny TSA employee who maintained the TSA blog and TSA's very popular Instagram account has died. Here's more about the work of "Blogger Bob." →

101 firearms found last week at airport checkpoints

06/02/18

Guess how many firearms TSA found in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints this week. Guess again. →

Security

TSA found a record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2017

01/30/18

The Transportation Security Administration has issued its year in the review report and confirms that a record-setting number of firearms - almost 4,000 - were found at airport checkpoints during 2017. →