Anything to declare madam

[JustGav]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/06/brum_airport_shocker/

 

Birmingham International Airport last week released its 2007-2008 Report and Accounts (pdf) - an engrossing 33-page read which explains why the facility "increasingly offers a high-quality alternative for those Midlands passengers who currently fly from other airports, to travel instead from Birmingham".

 

Well, there's one passenger who will in future choose to fly from anywhere other than Brum, and that's the owner of this item of luggage, featured in all its glory on page 11:

 

X-ray image showing vibrator in passenger's luggage

 

Yes indeed, it's beers all round for the sharp-eyed News of the World which spotted this slight oversight. One delighted airport worker told the paper: “It’s a bit of a cock-up. We find it absolutely hilarious, but it’s a huge embarrassment for the bosses.”

 

A spokesman for the airport offered: “At least it shows the more unusual and sometimes sensitive items our security guards deal with on a day-to-day basis.”

 

We're looking forward to Birmingham International Airport's 2008-2009 report, which will doubtless feature a candid snap of just how sensitively security operatives "deal with" nipple rings. ®

[Kranz]

You'll be amazed what bondage gear stuff people take on holiday

 

And the amount of viagra some people take on holiday is quite shocking!

[michael]

I was looking at a site the other day that sells thin metal plates to put in your luggage with messages like "nothing to see here" on - you'd probably end up with a detailed bum search though.

[erol_h]

My uncle was a security guard a few years ago he went to search some ladies bag and she kept refusing. So he grabbed her bag turned it upside down and this huge dildo fell out now wonder she didnt want to give her bag.

[Branners]

I was flying out to Germany a few months back and the couple in front of me had just such an embarassment. The x-ray man spent ages looking at their bag without letting it go through. He called in a colleague who stared at it too.

 

They then hit the button for the big flashing light and waited for the supervisor to come over for a look. They all stared at it for a while and then had the gaul to ask the lady if she had something electric in her hand luggage. She said she would open the bag to show them if they wanted but they replied no, but can she tell them what it is. She replied that she had a massager in her bag. They all nodded their agreement and let the bag come through.

 

There were 5 scanning lines running that day, and everybody stopped to look when that flashing light went on.

 

I was right behind then and had to stiffle my laugh but I couldnt go as my bag was being scanned after theirs.

[chris2o2]

You wouldnt believe some of the stuff we see on a daily basis , most people are clever though and ask for private search's so that no-one can see the contents of their bag.

 

p.s only customs do the "rubber gloves search" thankfully security dont go there !

[Gaz Walker]

She replied that she had a massager in her bag. They all nodded their agreement and let the bag come through.

 

Fantastic

[michael]

A related story:

 

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24440099-5014090,00.html

 

And the metal plates I was wittering on about, more DIY than I remember but an idea all the same:

 

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/metal_plates_send_message.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

[Charlotte]

“It’s a bit of a cock-up."

 

Classic.