falxori 0 #1 January 11, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/01/10/airport.security.ap/index.html Quote Soldier carrying land mine kicked off flight TSA screeners noticed the land mine Friday, pulled the bag from the luggage system at Denver International Airport and confiscated the mine, TSA spokesman Mike Fierberg said. No flights were delayed. The soldier, whose name was not released, could face civil penalties for trying to put a prohibited item aboard a flight, Fierberg said. No criminal charges would be filed, he said. The man was released by police, but the airline refused to allow him aboard his flight to Dallas, Fierberg said. i can understand people who forget to take out a pocket knife before going on a flight , but a land mine?!?!?! o "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #2 January 11, 2004 This is just more bullshit that the US government is laying on us. I used to bring landmines as carry-on all the time. They may great door stops or shoe scrapers."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #3 January 11, 2004 I personally take a landmine with me everywhere. They are great for hemmorhoids. Gets rid of them with one blow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #4 January 11, 2004 This is america we have every right to be as stupid as we want to be. At least the mine was inert. I live by a airport that's the gateway to Alaska, where there's wilderness, very cold large tree's, people have to cut wood for fuel to build fire's in their stove's to stay warm in the winter. A female passenger was disapointed when she was not allowed to take her chain saw with her as carry on baggage onto the airplane. The chain was on the machine and the fuel tank had gasoline in it. With the gasoline in the machine it couldn't even be checked in as baggage. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falxori 0 #5 January 11, 2004 QuoteWith the gasoline in the machine it couldn't even be checked in as baggage. i think i'll go with the TSA on that one actually O "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 January 11, 2004 Yeah....saw the story of a guy in South America trying to board with LIVE hand grenades in his carry on. From what the cops could figure out he had no evil intentions towards the plane or passengers. He just wanted to take his "souveniers" home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #7 January 11, 2004 Gee, that is pretty bad. I once was severely reprimanded for just carrying an M-16 (while it was unloaded and in my trunk) just off of Marine base to fill up my gas tank. Seems to me that a land mine on a commercial airline (not to mention the publicity that it caused) is a more serious issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #8 January 11, 2004 Who's stupider, the soldier or the TSA & Airlines? The mine was inert....... It could not, repeat not, go KABOOM! It was harmless. Then they won't allow the soldier on the flight because he packed a harmless souvinier in his luggage, confiscate the damn thing if you must and send him on his way. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 January 11, 2004 QuoteThe mine was inert....... It could not, repeat not, go KABOOM! Yeah but TSA and the bomb tech that came out to safe it wouldn't know that until it was taken apart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #10 January 11, 2004 QuoteGee, that is pretty bad. I once was severely reprimanded for just carrying an M-16 (while it was unloaded and in my trunk) just off of Marine base to fill up my gas tank. Seems to me that a land mine on a commercial airline (not to mention the publicity that it caused) is a more serious issue. How is this sooooo bad? A serious issue? The dagblasted thing was inert, defused, lacking a exsplosive charge.... as in no explosive potential! ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #11 January 11, 2004 Very true, I see your point. But then to deny passage.... Well Ok he made a pain in the arse out himself and I'd probably have given him a hard time too. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falxori 0 #12 January 11, 2004 QuoteWho's stupider, the soldier or the TSA & Airlines? i still say the soldier. i was once stopped for a plastic water gun that looked like an Uzi... at this day and age when everybody knows how sensitive the TSA ppl are, it pretty stupid to pack a mine, even if its inert. not every TSA screener is a bomb expert (we all know that part well ) O "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #13 January 11, 2004 Ok, I'll agree the soldier was STUPID. They have ribbons for that don't they? ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #14 January 11, 2004 QuoteOk, I'll agree the soldier was STUPID. They have ribbons for that don't they? Only in the Air Force, but the "Personal Hygiene" medal has priority. :-)Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #15 January 12, 2004 QuoteQuoteOk, I'll agree the soldier was STUPID. They have ribbons for that don't they? Only in the Air Force, but the "Personal Hygiene" medal has priority. :-) Doh!!!! I've been putting my "Stupidity" medal ahead of my "Personal Hygiene" this whole time...thanks for correcting me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #16 January 12, 2004 I've hear from the Darwin Awards those things are great for playing Russian Roulette with... Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #17 January 12, 2004 Yet no doubt they'll give me crap for carrying on a rig on thursday.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
