Airport security...

wretcheddomain

...isn't as secure as you would think.

How many times have we taken bottles greater than 100mL as some airports are more lax than others.

Upon finding a large and impressive knife in Spain several years ago, I decided to see if I could steal it back to Ireland and - weirdly - I managed to get the knife through security (about a 3 inch blade). However unbelievable that story may sound, I can vouch for its veracity.

Anyone manage to sneak anything else through security?

Nodin

wretcheddomain wrote: »

...isn't as secure as you would think.

How many times have we taken bottles greater than 100mL as some airports are more lax than others.

Upon finding a large and impressive knife in Spain several years ago, I decided to see if I could steal it back to Ireland and - weirdly - I managed to get the knife through security (about a 3 inch blade). However unbelievable that story may sound, I can vouch for its veracity.

Anyone manage to sneak anything else through security?

Did you bring it onboard the plane into the passenger area with you?

wretcheddomain

Oh yes, this was hidden in the depths of my hand luggage.

I was shocked at the time. I realise in hindsight it wasn't the most mature thing to have done, but still, it says something about the state of airport security.

thelad95

Dublin airport security is a joke. On a school trip in 1st year we went to Paris. In my hand luggage, I got a 500ml bottle of water, a scissors and a bottle of coke from the vending machine. As this was my first time travelling to anywhere outside the British Isles, I was unaware of my mistake.

I tried the same thing on the way back in Charles De Gaulle and was nearly not let on the plane.

Zab

wretcheddomain wrote: »

However unbelievable that story may sound, I can vouch for its veracity.

Vouching for the veracity of your own story, eh?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I think at some airports the security are bordering on paranoia. I was in Malaga last christmas and they took babies bottles away from a family to be scanned, for drugs, presumably.

The baby was sitting gurgling at them out of the pram, and anyway, how much class A drugs can you really smuggle in 2 small bottles?

kneemos

Zab wrote: »

Vouching for the veracity of your own story, eh?

He believes himself to be trustworthy,who are we argue?

conorh91

wretcheddomain wrote: »

However unbelievable that story may sound, I can vouch for its veracity.

Not unbelievable at all. I have managed to take scissors and packets of razor blades onboard, when a tube of Colgate toothpaste was sarcastically detained. They're not the brightest.

kneemos

Everybody knows Paddy only has bacon and sausages in their bags.

Señor Fancy Pants

I went through security in Dublin airport once with a mop bucket full of water and a pocket full of miniature monkeys with knives for fingers.

Place is a joke!

Cookie_Monster

A sealed plastic tray of olives in Italy with about 500ml of liquid in it. totally forgot about it but bag went through scanner without issue.

Also bringing full cups of coffee etc on planes over here is grand, there's no security at all for turboprop operated regional flights

Luke92

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Upon finding a large and impressive knife

(about a 3 inch blade).

Really convincing me that this actually happened.

So a massive knife, with a 3 inch blade? What was so massive about it? Was it 10 inches wide? Was it really heavy? How was it massive?

kneemos

Luke92 wrote: »

Really convincing me that this actually happened.

So a massive knife, with a 3 inch blade? What was so massive about it? Was it 10 inches wide? Was it really heavy? How was it massive?

He thinks three inches is massive....

AndonHandon

Brought weed home in my sock before. Obviously not a lot but was the making of a good night.

charlie_says

70 meters of rope. True story.

conorh91

Luke92 wrote: »

So a massive knife, with a 3 inch blade? What was so massive about it? Was it 10 inches wide? Was it really heavy? How was it massive?

In fairness, if you produced this weapon on an aircraft, I'm sure everyone on board would deem the blade to be sizable enough to amount to a major threat.

ALiasEX

kneemos wrote: »

He thinks three inches is massive....

Well his mum has only experienced one other.

DoYouEvenLift

3 inch blade isn't big op, I knew someone who once brought back what can only be described as a mini sword from holidays, they said they kept it in their bags which they kept on them while walking through the scanner and even though it instantly went off the security man just waved them through. No idea why someone would want a knife like this anyway but it's scary to know that it managed to slip past security

Rabies

Coming back from working in England I had a Leatherman in my carry on luggage. Forgot about it.
No problems. Got through the scanners without a problem.

mulbot

got to andorra a few years ago ,opened up my backpack(that i carried as hand luggage) found 11 shotgun shells at the bottom-was missed completely at dublin,

The_Valeyard

Be surprised, once got on the plane with a large bottle of head & shoulders in my carry on bag, forgot it was there. But, this was four years ago and:

Heathrow Airport (from Dublin) flying to Asia
Gone through four security checks in Heathrow
Found it on the plane when taking out a book to read. Bizarre.

Hopefully Isis are not reading this thread :P

gamblitis

I love the way all these stories begin with the phrase "a few years ago"...

Security protocols have been upped massively in the last year or two.

Dublin airport security has actually had 100% record in their last number of tests, confiscating all objects classified as contraband.

If someone would like to say "last week I got 'insert random object here' through security" I'd like to hear it.

mulbot

gamblitis wrote: »

I love the way all these stories begin with the phrase "a few years ago"...

Security protocols have been upped massively in the last year or two.

Dublin airport security has actually had 100% record in their last number of tests, confiscating all objects classified as contraband.

If someone would like to say "last week I got 'insert random object here' through security" I'd like to hear it.

ok,i know of some "people" getting coke and weed through there goin to a stag in liverpool last week!!!:p

gamblitis

mulbot wrote: »

ok,i know of some "people" getting coke and weed through there goin to a stag in liverpool last week!!!:p

Heroes....

mulbot

gamblitis wrote: »

Heroes....

nope,just coke and weed

conorh91

gamblitis wrote: »

I love the way all these stories begin with the phrase "a few years ago"...

Eh, no. Four of them.

Just a little Samba

I found one of these 3.25 inch folding knifes in my hand luggage when I landed in Dublin after a flight from Atlanta a few years back.

Had been camping, hiking and rafting on Georgia - North Carolina boarder for a few weeks and picked the knife up in Walmart for like $10 because from years of watching Ray Mears and Bear Grylls I know that it's always handy to have a knife when you're out in the wilds in case you get attacked by a rabid gopher or want to spear fish for minnows or use it as a badass throwing knife to hunt fireflys or whatever.

Had been in the bottom of a backpack for a few days and just forgot it was there.
When I landed in Dublin I was rooting in the bag to find my car keys and found the knife and was stunned it was there. TSA either didn't see it or just decided it wasn't a problem.

Wouldn't try repeat the fluke mind.

gamblitis

conorh91 wrote: »

Eh, no. Four of them.

While the rest of the posts discussed whose mother thought 3 inches was massive or not.

I genuinely do know people who have strolled through dublin security with drugs in recent times.

I was there last Saturday, I have a small see through zippy bag for liquids that I use all the time for travelling but the nice lady was the most pedantic security lady. She wanted me to put my stuff into a little sandwich bag. Which I did. Easily. Nowhere does it say the clear re sealable bag has to be of the sandwich variety. She almost got annoyed when my stuff fit in it.

Mostly the staff though are efficient and helpful. They took a scissors off me once that I didn't know was there (honestly didn't!).

I've found London stanstead to be the most diligent.

LucidLife

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

I think at some airports the security are bordering on paranoia. I was in Malaga last christmas and they took babies bottles away from a family to be scanned, for drugs, presumably.

The baby was sitting gurgling at them out of the pram, and anyway, how much class A drugs can you really smuggle in 2 small bottles?

Its unlikely they were tested for drugs. Drugs don't bring down/ lose control of flights. If tested more likely for illicit substances that are combustible would be my guess.

A lot of class A drugs can fit in small containers. Especially if the sellers market is Ireland lol. Do you have any idea the price of herion?? You know those kinder eggs with toy inside? Those capsules are often used for it and altho small in size are worth a lot more than their weight in gold.

LucidLife

When I returned from NY last I was cleaning out wallet on plane and found about half a gram of coke I'd obviously hidden or whatever drunk. Went straight to bathroom and flushed the baggy (less contents!). Arrive in Shannon to sniffer dog search for first time ever. Was a close one.

And whoever said about the 100% record.... what tripe... obviously if they find contraband they dispose of it. You expect the odd guy to get his weed or whatever returned? ? Don't even try to suggest nobody sneaks through gear. It's a full time job for some. Ever heard of a mule?

gamblitis

LucidLife wrote: »

When I returned from NY last I was cleaning out wallet on plane and found about half a gram of coke I'd obviously hidden or whatever drunk. Went straight to bathroom and flushed the baggy (less contents!). Arrive in Shannon to sniffer dog search for first time ever. Was a close one.

And whoever said about the 100% record.... what tripe... obviously if they find contraband they dispose of it. You expect the odd guy to get his weed or whatever returned? ? Don't even try to suggest nobody sneaks through gear. It's a full time job for some. Ever heard of a mule?

Yes because you're going to stab someone or hijack a plane with a bag of coke. I should have been a bit more explicit about my use of the word contraband. Any item that could be considered a serious weapon.

LucidLife

gamblitis wrote: »

Yes because you're going to stab someone or hijack a plane with a bag of coke. I should have been a bit more explicit about my use of the word contraband. Any item that could be considered a serious weapon.

Just read my whole two posts again you indescribably angering waste of my time.

gamblitis

LucidLife wrote: »

Just read my whole two posts again you indescribably angering waste of my time.

Yet you wasted your time to reply to me specifically. Bit of a hypocrite aren't you??

At no point did I say anyone gets any drugs returned, nor that no one smuggles drugs through an airport.

My original point was that Dublin security have been tested and passed on finding concealed weapons in hand luggage. Not the bag of Charlie you had in your wallet, you ignoramus.

You're so clued in on drug trafficking, you rebel you. Please tell me more of your amazing stories....

LucidLife

gamblitis wrote: »

Yet you wasted your time to reply to me specifically. Bit of a hypocrite aren't you??

At no point did I say anyone gets any drugs returned, nor that no one smuggles drugs through an airport.

My original point was that Dublin security have been tested and passed on finding concealed weapons in hand luggage. Not the bag of Charlie you had in your wallet, you ignoramus.

You're so clued in on drug trafficking, you rebel you. Please tell me more of your amazing stories....

You can't call me ignorant considering I named the airport I landed at and it was not Dublin.
How ignorant does that make you on a scale of 1-10?

Every airport tests its security. ..whats your point?

Jesus Wept

thelad95 wrote: »

Dublin airport security is a joke. On a school trip in 1st year we went to Paris. In my hand luggage, I got a 500ml bottle of water, a scissors and a bottle of coke from the vending machine. As this was my first time travelling to anywhere outside the British Isles, I was unaware of my mistake.

I tried the same thing on the way back in Charles De Gaulle and was nearly not let on the plane.

What damage did school la you do with your can of coke, water and scissors?

gamblitis

LucidLife wrote: »

You can't call me ignorant considering I named the airport I landed at and it was not Dublin.
How ignorant does that make you on a scale of 1-10?

Every airport tests its security. ..whats your point?

Probably a 3. Been in work all night.

How much of a legend are you on the scale of 1 to 10 re-enforcing the point that you snorted your coke before you flushed the bag?

Dublin is tested for concealed weapons, it continually passes.

For anyone who thinks airport security is a joke or is ****, they have upped their game in fairness. As long as it stays like that I couldn't care less who brings their baggy on board.

Cookie_Monster

gamblitis wrote: »

Dublin airport security has actually had 100% record in their last number of tests, confiscating all objects classified as contraband.
.

bet they didn't confiscate a single laptop battery though, probably the most destructive thing you can easily bring on a plane these days.

FTA69

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

The baby was sitting gurgling at them out of the pram, and anyway, how much class A drugs can you really smuggle in 2 small bottles?

Loads. Half a kilo of heroin is about forty grand when broken up and sold.

conneem-TT

If you check, many airline and airport security regulations they say that knives and scissor with blades less than 6 cm and scissors are fine for hand luggage carry. Of course it's probably not a good idea to start arguing with anyone in security over a nail scissors.

http://www.dublinairport.com/Libraries/Airport_Security/Carry_on_Luggage_Prohibited_Items.sflb.ashx

http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/baggageinformation/restrictedprohibiteditems/

http://www.stanstedairport.com/stansted-airport-guide/airport-security-and-baggage/hand-baggage

humanji

MOD: gamblitis & LucidLife, calm down and stop the bickering.

Zippie84

Duct tape...

wretcheddomain

Luke92 wrote: »

Really convincing me that this actually happened.

So a massive knife, with a 3 inch blade? What was so massive about it? Was it 10 inches wide? Was it really heavy? How was it massive?

Large in this sense...

conorh91 wrote: »

In fairness, if you produced this weapon on an aircraft, I'm sure everyone on board would deem the blade to be sizable enough to amount to a major threat.

...as compared to your ordinary cutlery knife.

Riskymove

Deleted User wrote: »

I genuinely do know people who have strolled through dublin security with drugs in recent times.

TBF scanners and security etc are not necessarily going to discover drugs. It is not their purpose after all.

that's more a customs/police issue

jimgoose

I once smuggled about 250ml of piss into England in my bladder. They're plug-useless.

chrysagon

Security in any airport is there as a deterrent, I travel a lot through my job, and to be fair, Dublin are very pro-active in their approach to security and procedures,I find certain airports in Europe very laid back consistently,all it takes is some "nutjob" to get lucky once, and from what I know if your knife is under 6cm, its allowed.

MadDog76

Went on a Stag weekend to Newcastle last year, during the flight over one of the lads on the Stag, who was sitting next to me, decided to reveal casually to me (as I was about to sip on a tiny can of Heineken) that he was sitting on about 5 years (prison time) worth of cocaine .......... longest flight I've ever been on ............ good coke though!

razorblunt

MadDog76 wrote: »

Went on a Stag weekend to Newcastle last year, during the flight over one of the lads on the Stag, who was sitting next to me, decided to reveal casually to me (as I was about to sip on a tiny can of Heineken) that he was sitting on about 5 years (prison time) worth of cocaine .......... longest flight I've ever been on ............ good coke though!

So you swapped the can of Heineken for the cans of Coke?

Strumms

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

I think at some airports the security are bordering on paranoia. I was in Malaga last christmas and they took babies bottles away from a family to be scanned, for drugs, presumably.

The baby was sitting gurgling at them out of the pram, and anyway, how much class A drugs can you really smuggle in 2 small bottles?

Airport security have no interest in looking for drugs, that's customs. they would have been looking for an explosive a small explosive, explosives and weapons is what they are trying to prevent. The genuinely couldn't give a flying **** if you have 20 kilos of heroin in your suitcase although if they do spot it it's not something they will overlook obviously.

People have the idea that airport security is fool proof, it is not. It is what they call 'Security Theatre'. Where as well as possibly finding weapons or explosives using the combination of X-Ray, metal detector and ETD machines they are also using the whole process as a deterrent in itself. I'd say just about everyone has gotten through with a bottle of over the limit water or coke at some time or other.

MadDog76

razorblunt wrote: »

So you swapped the can of Heineken for the cans of Coke?

Not exactly ......... just had a great weekend!