Dulles International Airport is no stranger to interesting catches coming through its TSA screening. Author: Jonathan Franklin (WUSA9) Updated: 6:30 PM EST February 23, 2021
STERLING, Va. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its annual list of Top 10 unusual good catches detected at airports in 2020, and Dulles International Airport happened to rank 7th on the list of best security catches.
But what was the item that landed Dulles on the list, you say?
TSA officers found a live military smoke grenade in a traveler’s checked bag in late September 2020. As the checked bag was screened, it triggered an alarm and was pulled aside for additional screening, resulting in the need for a TSA officer to inspect the contents of the bag to ensure that there was no threat item inside, TSA said in a press release.
Social media responds.
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Moments later, she added,
‘I already had the virus and I already had the vaccine and people need to stand up!’
The woman didn’t appear to provide any evidence of having been vaccinated.
@AmericanAir thank you to the marshals and flight staff that made me feel safe on my flight despite the passenger that attempted to make everyone feel very unsafe, mid flight. Wearing a mask is not tyranny. It is altruism. pic.twitter.com/3rfzXccTU8
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Once the flight landed, American Airlines says the passenger was escorted off the plane by Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police as passengers cheered on. The passenger is also being placed on the airline’s