Passengers busted after trying to pass grenades through security at Pittsburgh International Airport: TSA
The TSA doesn’t want you to have a blast this summer.
Two passengers were busted at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday when they tried to bring a smoke grenade and an inert explosives grenade aboard their respective flights, according to the TSA.
TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said agents first came across a man who thought he could pass the security checkpoint while carrying a hand grenade in his bags.
“Most people plan on having a blast on their trip, but this guy wasn’t thinking along those lines when @TSA officers intercepted this grenade at the @PITairport checkpoint yesterday,” Farbstein wrote on X about the grenade.
“Fortunately it was inert, however grenades, live or inert are not allowed on planes,” she reminded travelers.
But it seemed like not everyone got the memo as Farbstein flagged another incident an hour later, where a customer was carrying an active M18 smoke grenade in their carry-on bag.
“Had it been triggered, thick yellow smoke would have been everywhere!” Farbstein said. “Yellow is just not a good look.
“And besides, you know that there’s no smoking on a plane!”
The TSA and Pittsburgh airport officials did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment on what happened to the two passengers and their grenades.
There are a surprising amount of weapons confiscated regularly by airport security, with the TSA flagging 2023 as a record-breaking year where 6,737 guns were intercepted nationwide.
