Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos’ six-hour layover in Dubai ended up becoming a months-on-end stay in a local prison.
Upon entering Mexico, Trevor Noah’s little-known device was confiscated because the security personnel had no clue what it was.
Currently, liquids are required to be 100ml in a clear plastic bag while laptops and other tech need to be removed from your bag before the security check at airports.
When police came across a suspicious looking bag at Rome’s airport, they felt the need to blow it up. Cue people taking the piss.
Look away now if you have a fear of flying – this guy claims to have hacked into multiple plane’s computer systems and taken over flight control.
If you are planning an international trip you need to take note of this! Due to the impending risk of a terrorist attack, the U.S. have issued a new rule to specific airports worldwide that electronic devices must comply with new procedures.
You would think a pilot would be one of the few people who would be sympathetic to the stringent security measures airports put in place now-a-days, but not his guy! He clearly felt like they were being ridiculous, so he followed suit…
On Friday an advertising creative named Geoffrey McGann was arrested at Oakland airport for wearing a watch that looked suspiciously like a bomb. How is that possible, you ask? How can a watch look THAT much like a bomb? Wait ’til you see this..
Following a recent viral expose by blogger Jonathan Corbett on the potentially serious weaknesses in the TSA’s airport body scanners, multiple journalists have reported receiving emails from the TSA “strongly cautioning” them against covering the story. Corbett is encouraging media outlets to cover the story anyway.
An immigration officer in the U.K. tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to a list of terrorist suspects. What really upsets me here isn’t the abuse of power, but the fact that he didn’t think of outsourcing his expertise to the hordes of miserable husbands all over the world before being caught.
Fantastic. Self-described sex blogger, ‘Furrygirl,’ opted to go for a patdown instead of undergoing TSA scanning at a Seattle airport, citing health concerns about radiation; to protest the TSA’s super-invasive new procedures, she stripped down to sexy underwear prior to her interview, and videoblogged the whole thing. Mildly NSFW, but hey, it’s okay if it’s political. […]
Earlier today we told you about Paul Chambers, the nice young man from Ireland who has been convicted of “menace” after joking on Twitter about airport security.
The message was clear. Don’t joke about airport security. Unless, of course, you ARE airport security.