TSA: Banned Items at Airport Checkpoints Are Contributing to Long Waits
Help yourself and the other passengers next time you board a plane by storing all prohibited carry-on items in your checked luggage.
The Transportation Security Administration displayed some of the prohibited items caught at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport security checkpoints on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Kelly Yamanouchi/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS
By Kelly YamanouchiFor The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATLANTA—The Transportation Security Administration says nearly a ton of prohibited items are brought to Atlanta airport security checkpoints a month, along with about 336 guns caught during screening so far this year.