The craziest things people tried to carry on a plane

The US Transportation Security Service is famous for its special attention to the inspection of personal belongings of passengers, and Americans can understand this. Any oversight can lead to unpredictable consequences, so the baggage and hand luggage of passengers departing by flights go through several stages of verification. Recently, the management of the security service decided to dilute the monotonous everyday life of airport employees and offered a new entertainment - a service Instagram blog.

“We're just using a new mechanism to interact with the audience using Instagram,” says TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein. “We are not saying that people can do something bad with these items, but we are just trying to warn passengers to leave forbidden things at home.”

All items confiscated from passengers are immediately photographed and posted on the Instagram blog. Thus, passengers who are just getting ready to go can once again pay attention to their belongings and lay out things that can cause problems for them.

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1. A collection of grenades and artillery shells from the luggage of ordinary citizens.

2. Butterfly knives and throwing stars are among the most common prohibited items that are seized by the inspection service.

3. A stun gun disguised as a pack of cigarettes.

4. Another addition to the collection of knives.

5. Even toy guns can become a form of intimidation on board an aircraft.

6. This bag of eels was confiscated from a passenger at Miami International Airport.

7. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a giant machete.

8. Knife-knuckle-bow seized from a passenger from Puerto Rico.

9. Modified hand grenade from hand luggage.

10. It is difficult to imagine what can be done with such a gun on board.

11. Swords, knives, shurikens and fighting harpoons are usually stored next to a toothbrush and a change of clothes.

12. There are countless varieties of knives.

13. Collection of hand grenades from the Second World War from the luggage of an unknown collector.

14. Several propane tanks in hand luggage.

15. A set of a traveling tourist.

16. Dagger-comb.

17. Weapon of Judge Dredd.

18. Yes, it's a bazooka.

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22. Keychain brass knuckles.

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24. You can take a mortar mine as a gift to your grandmother or just as a souvenir.

25. You can't get on board with a sickle, even if you're flying to a gathering of grain growers.