Vincent Lowe Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Photographer had his air blower confiscated at Manchester airport - because it looked like a hand grenade.... http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-security-confiscated-photographers-7746303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 When you consider that most (or at least many) people don't have any idea what a real hand grenade looks like, that seems like a good security call. And there are so many different shapes and types of grenades now. However, I've yet to see one that can blow up half a building with an orange gasoline fire, as they do in Hollywood films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 “..... our staff who are on hand to help and assist". Not when they take away a £15 blower brush, an item not on the prohibited list, they're not, unless they undertake to post it home for you. How likely is that for people who make up their own rules? Lat time I asked why I had to remove my shoes when others didn't I was told 'because you're in the shoes-off queue'. There's a logical, risk-assessed security policy for you. And what about all those liquids that are so dangerous they throw them in a cardboard box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You can't take on a half drunk bottle of Pop, but you can take on several cigarette lighters, full of flammable liquid, even if you don't smoke! How does that work? Big tobacco back hander! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Gaul Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hay these blowers are pretty hazardous, my six year old grandson can give me a pretty lethal blast in the eye with mine. The real crime is that anyone would pay £15 for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 On my last trip to California I forgot to take the tube of expensive private label sunscreen out of my camera bag. I got pulled over,told NOT TO TOUCH MY BAG but point to where that tube was. It was 6 ounces and I was in a hurry and said,ok,just take it but I can't miss my flight.And btw,that's the only sunscreen in the universe I am not allergic to. Woman says,so it's medicinal? I said well,not prescribed but I can't use off the shelf.If you want me to dump an ounce I can do that. She let me thru with it. I'm old enough to remember the days when travel was so simple,fun and easy and blowers were not a national security risk. We're just not in the same world anymore... :-( L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Watkins Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Meanwhile, that litre bottle of whisky that weighs a couple of kg and would deliver a nasty blow in the wrong hands can be bought in Duty Free and taken on board. It's joined up twattery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffydd Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I always pack my blower in my hold luggage nowadays after security staff at Dusseldorf airport took a keen interest in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 You're all making me feel guilty since I don't use a blower ............ However, I did get told off by security for taking pics in Terminal 5 at Heathrow back in 2011.... and they didn't even ask the obvious question "Excuse me Madam, are you a terrorist?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Any logical thinking person who can see the blower in action could assume that it won't be a threat, anymore than someone yielding the on board magazine and threatening to papercut everyone on the plane. It's just a step too far once again and if things keep going the way they are, we'll all be flying naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I think a lot of this security business is to act as a deterrent & keep alert levels up more than anything else. And then you also get some of the bored officials who like exerting their authority over you. I went in to a high security prison once in East Anglia (not for being naughty, delivering something), they took my phone off of me (in case it took photos) and also asked if I had a digital camera with me. I said no.They didin't ask if I had a film camera with me though... (which I did ! ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Any logical thinking person who can see the blower in action could assume that it won't be a threat, anymore than someone yielding the on board magazine and threatening to papercut everyone on the plane. It's just a step too far once again and if things keep going the way they are, we'll all be flying naked. I'll be there to take the photos. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Any logical thinking person who can see the blower in action could assume that it won't be a threat, anymore than someone yielding the on board magazine and threatening to papercut everyone on the plane. It's just a step too far once again and if things keep going the way they are, we'll all be flying naked. I'll be there to take the photos. I think the sight of the average British family going on holiday in the nude would be enough to put me off my holiday altogether. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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