Um, I just look really young for my age... A businessman flying from London Luton Airport to Amsterdam on easyJet was able to get through not one, but two security checks using his 2-year-old daughter's passport, according to an article in The Mirror. Mark Coshever, 29, claimed he picked up the wrong passport and notified airport officials in Amsterdam as soon as he realized his mistake. easyJet has disiplined the staff involved.
What leopard cats are you talking about? And no, those aren't monkeys in my pants. A man was arrested at LAX after sneaking two protected Asian leopard cats through the airport, according to an article at canada.com. He was also charged with lying for a friend who had snuck two pygmy monkeys in his pants. Kids, I can't make this stuff up! While Chris Mulloy managed to get the cats past customs, his friend Robert Cusack got nabbed carrying the monkeys in his pants, along with birds of paradise and rare orchids packed in his luggage.
Yes, you too can be a TSA screener. Thanks to our friend at Upgrade Travel for telling us about an addictive computer game where you -- yes, you -- get to be the airport security screener. The object of the game is for you to remove prohibited items from luggage, or from passengers' bodies. But here's the twist -- just like in real life, the rules keep changing as items go from being prohibited, to not, and back again. Audio even provides snarky airport announcements. Go here to download the game.
These aren't my bullets. An Israeli woman was held at India's Mumbai Airport after security found 16 bullets and a magazine in her luggage, according to ndtv.com. She claims the bullets belonged to her brother, who was licensed to carry a gun. So how did HIS bullets end up in HER luggage?
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