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I did work experience in an airport and I remember asking one of the guys at security if the liquid limit was because that's how much fluid it would take for a bomb and he just casually said "nah you'd need way less, idk why they have that limit" also the amount they just guess if there's bombs in bags and flag them was hilarious
i always believed that the limit existed so when you needed water or other things that weren't allowed through security for your flight you had to buy the same stuff but overpriced at the airport so it gets more revenue but idk
Obviously. If THE "underwear bomber" had been allowed to bring that bottle of water onto the plane... He could have extinguished his genatils before the bomb in his underwear waist band caught fire and burnt them beyond use...
I think that limit is there so people don't take their alcohol on the plane, imagine if someone took a 1.5L vodka on the plane and got drunk. 100ml or less is so people can carry on perfume and similar items I think
I thought the limit existed because it would be harder for the machine to scan larger sized containers full of liquid. Imagine if it can only scan through part of the liquid and at the center is some dangerous substance suspended.
@@user-pk9ty1dz2p Not likely. Not saying it could never be done in the way your suggesting, BUT there are far easier ways to smuggle those compounds that are not as easy to see. For that matter, it wouldn't really take that much effort for 2 or 3 people to each carry multiple 1.5oz bottles. Not to mention if placed correctly, two 1.5oz bottles combined to make 3oz of any significant binary explosive would be more than enough to get the job done.
@@Brain-washed2 I know. But the capability to make so many in advance is something rare that you don't see in a lot of channels especially not without losing quality for quantity.
"This bottle is 16 ounces. You think we're going to let you on the plane with this? This just screams that you're up to no good." "Ok, um, question. Those two people that just went through in front of me..." "Yeah?" "I noticed that they each had a bag with three full 3oz. bottles of liquid." "Yeah, so? That's totally fine." "And it's also ok to go through with larger bottles as long as they're empty." "Well duh. What's a person going to do with an empty bottle?" "I don't know. Maybe if large amounts of liquids are dangerous they could take those six small bottles they have and combine them into one big bottle after they've cleared security? That would give them, what, 18 ounces?" "Sir, I'm not following your logic."
I am convinced the ONLY reason we arent allowed to take water into the plane is because they want us to buy their overly expensive bottles of water...It is a conspiracy I swear to god!
I once had an experience with TSA security, where we had a glass trophy that was apparently immune to x-rays so they thought it was an opaque object hiding a bomb or something whilst it was literally the exact opposite.
I’m assuming they also made it 10x longer to handle than it needed to be? Took you to the side, quarantined you, patted you down, threw the trophy out the window, and didn’t let you fly for a month afterwards?
@@---ii8hl Okay. I've seen your comments rather a lot here, and you keep saying a lot of explosives look like a lot of things. But you've not said a single specific explosive, and you've also said airports don't care about drugs. My questions are as follows: what country are you from that has a TSA and doesn't care about drugs, and what explosives have you been shown that look exactly like crystal glass? Because neither of those are real, and there most definitely aren't "many" explosives that look EXACTLY like crystal glass.
@@Malkontent1003 if you look at for example salt under RTG, it will look a lot like crystal based explosives with metal compounds. plastic explosives on the other hand look on RTG like apples, bananas and other food like that. and you can find explosives that look like something else in RTG. it was not meant to say that they look like that to the eye, i think i wrote everywhere that its only under RTG. My country doesnt care about drugs in general, only if you were to transport some larger amounts, but we wont go into luggage for any small pouch or bag with stuff if it doesnt throw "explosive" alarm or doesnt look like explosive to us. of course my country does investigate drugs and all that, but we as airport security have priorities set on explosives, weapons and other dangerous items. As for crystal glass-again metalic (as in with large portion of the explosives containing metal compounds like aluminum, iron or other metals-they all look differently, of course, but various glass objects can have same metal elements in them, thus they will look the same) explosives can look like that under RTG, or the glass can hide it, since its very hard to see through more solid glass constructs-about 1-2 centimter thick crystal glass is, without use of RTG functions basically impossible to see through.
@@mightycannon1512 yes,that very trustworthy looking dude working there just sold some to me,nice guy,dont know why theres 500 officers outside my house rn tho
This reminds me of the time my brother (age 6 or 7 at the time) was almost detained at the airport because the metal detectors identified his skin as a metal. Honestly, everyone there was very confused. Turns out he had used a soap the previous day that contained just enough metal/left just enough metal residue to identify him as a metal. I guess for a little bit he was some kind of Zinc Man.
Are you sure that was your brother? He could have been replaced with a terminator style robot. If you say something about your parents something. Then what if your parents was also replaced with terminator style robots that would not set off the detectors?
My sister has a metal rods in her back to straighten her spine. And *every single time* she goes through a metal detector, it goes off and she has to get searched.
I worked several years in airport security and I thought the job was super stupid because of those ridiculous rules. Yeah we put all the "potential bombs" right next to us and threw so much stuff away it's heart breaking. This video isn't completely accurate though, the deodorant and hair gel are totally fine to carry onboard :)
Actually they did try to make me throw out my hair cream (was expensive) due to its volume, but I refused and backed out of the checkpoint to go back to an airport Starbucks, got an empty cup, and dumped out enough of it, then came back. Made one of my fellow travelers who has not exceeded their volume limit carry one half of it, while I carried the other. The security agents were not amused, but I did salvage my hair cream.
I remember when the new list of TSA prohibited items came out. One of the items that would no longer be allowed as a carry on item was... A chainsaw. Obviously because, with the help of a 4oz bottle of shampoo a chainsaw could be made into a deadly weapon.
@@kindred6453 That was my question as well. It does make you wonder though, what would have happened if someone tried to take a plane over with a box knife while Bubba had his 42", fully fueled, chainsaw as a carry on?
@@kindred6453 Normally yes, that is how something like that would be listed. However, this list was distributed in 2007, and was specifically for "items that would NO LONGER be allowed". Right there next to knitting needles and things such as "weed wackers". So, more likely it was added to that list just because someone at the TSA decided it would no longer be allowed, but had the probibility to be attempted, not because it was previously tried (along with the other full page of newly prohibbited items.)
The TSA logic on liquids is stupid. We can bring empty containers on board regardless of size. We can bring small containers of up to 3.4 ounces as long as all of them fit in a single 1-quart zip-loc bag. Depending on the 3.4 oz container shapes, someone could probably pack at least 16 ounces of liquid in the bag. Then when a person gets past security they could pour them all into the empty container that sailed through security. If a container is labeled 4 oz, but is clearly half-full it must be confiscated by TSA. Apparently TSA agents are not allowed to apply logic (critical thinking?) learned on Sesame Street. If something holds 4 ounces, but is clearly less than half-full, then it has around 2 ounces in it. (clearly far less than 3.4 oz. limit) Even Big Bird or Elmo can figure this one out. This one is a problem for women trying to travel with a partial bottle of expensive perfume. Fun fact: You can bring a full water bottle through security if it is frozen solid. Fun fact #2: You can also bring more than 3.4 ounces of water with live fish swimming it it. (see TSA website details on traveling with live fish) Edited to correct the TSA limit of 3.4 oz per container. (not 3.2)
@@DeadJDona Yea but its very easy to melt which is the point. The TSA is following instructions by the book without a ounce of critical thinking. From a practical perspective ice is no different from water which they regulate.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 "ice is easy to melt which is the point" Wow no fucking way????? What the fuck?? Let me try this it sounds like some made up pseudo science though
What pisses me off in the mainland is how serious and pissed of they are, is like we are in north korea or something, meanwhile here in Puerto Rico they ask for our nicknames and act like normal people
I've heard that the purpose of the TSA is not, in fact, to catch terrorists, bombs, etc (although in theory they could), it's to deter potential terrorists in the first place (not that they're super intimidating, but it's better than no defense at all)
But studies have found they aren't effective at all... Every time, the TSA fails to catch smuggling of weapons and such. And I'm sure if terrorist are willing to suicide, they aren't worried about a couple people that they can easily bypass.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 my point exactly lmao - the purpose was never to find contraband, but evidence HAS shown that air terrorism has reduced. could still be correlation ofc
No. It is not better than no defense. It's much worse because it discourages the most wise, virtuous, and noble amongst us from flying due to the disgust they have towards purposeless restraint.
Real story: As a teen, I went through a metal detector with a can of Altoids. TSA told me to go back through the metal detector. My Dad, former lieutenant in the NYPD, approached me and asked me why I was back in line. I didn’t know why. He had me empty my pockets and we found the Altoids can. He took it out of my hand and showed it to an Agent. He was then told to get back in line and go through the metal detector again with me. When he asked why, he was told that the Altoids can could be “a bomb” and him handling it "could have disarmed it" so he would need to be checked again and the Altoids would need to be x-rayed. If I recall, they ended up taking them too.
I made the mistake of putting a model bike in my carry on luggage. Security guy made me pull it out, and asked his colleague, right in front of me- hey, do you want this? He said no, and I was allowed to carry it on.
I remember when I accidentally brought a full sized, stainless steel metal fork through 2 different TSA checks, and nobody caught it. Makes you wonder what else gets through.
Thoroughly tricked me. I thought the trash can was going to explode after the chemicals the guy put in there ate through their containers and mixed. After all, why blow up the plane full of innocent bystanders when the real enemy is the guy stopping you from getting onto the plane in the first place?
Imagine, these guys try to keep us from killing anyone on plane by taking away “weapons”, yet they actually give you a knife during the flight. Its only a table knife, but you could kill a pilot with a table knife, might take a few minutes, but you can get the job done. They also have a list of *lethal weapons* you can take on board.
I mean, anything can be a lethal weapon should you throw it hard enough. You could cut someone's eyes with paper via papercut. It'd hurt like hell and distract them, and shoes, a belt buckle, even the object being used to store your items can be used as weapons. I bet if you broke of a tray table it could be a weapon. Or just the silverware you get. Or break a window and kill everyone that way if that's how it works, or open an emergency door without someone noticing or with them noticing, as long as it stays open, they prolly ded or some damage would be done. There's so many things that by the logic they use could be weapons, but I think they make it sound stupid to civilians so that they don't know the real ways that can be used lethally.
@@tru3toxicgaming509 Your comment is not only too long but inaccurate. You can't open an emergency door because there is too much pressure acting on the door while in-flight to make that possible.
@@gray3508 I wasn’t fully sure, I remember seeing a thing about someone trying to open it mid flight and everyone including staff freaking out. I mean yeah it makes sense, they might not know how improbable it would be for them to open it, but if they did somehow manage it’d cause a shit ton of chaos. You are correct though about the pressure thing to my knowledge, that makes sense
@@tru3toxicgaming509breaking a window would be incredibly hard, and even if you do that, the gas masks will just drop down and people will prob be fine
Ive travelled with a firearm before, just notify the airport and airline, then check in your firearm to TSA and they will let you take it through. obviously not as a carryon but yeah, I brought a gun on a plane but couldn't bring my water bottle
Airport security is weird, because when traveling through the USA you need to take your laptop out of your bag, take your shoes off, do a weird pose inside a full body scanner and then walk through a metal detector because the full body scanner wasn't enough. When I traveled from KSA to UAE, I walked through the metal detector and as long as it didn't beep at me we were in the clear.
I'd say both your reasons are correct. Same with movie theaters not allowing you to bring in popcorn/ candy unless you stuff it in your jacket and pretend to be...thiccc. I honestly don't know how the drug thing would work, just that people are more creative then me and might find a way to put something in a water bottle...mabye idk.
@@eobardthawn6903 Yeah, its dumb… an Airline shouldnt be allowed to tag as many things as they do as safety concerns, just to turn profits. But they do, they are scummy as an industry.
I never really thought about how stupid some of these things are because I just try to avoid triggering the TSA in general. But yea.. really dumb. Who thought of these? It has been proven time and time again airport security 99% of the time fails.
One time I got pulled aside by TSA because they thought I was smuggling a shit ton of knives in my bag. The guy when talking to his coworker was like “Yeah this is gonna be a fun bag to look though, full of blades.” It was actually just a bunch of chargers and charging cables. Idk why but I guess it just went under the scanner perfectly enough to look like that. Another time I had like 5 bottles of water I forgot I had in there.
Once a person learns how to store antimatter safely in a small space, it's over. You have a small cube which looks like it has intricate parts in it. Probably a bomb. *drops container into trash can and it breaks* Airport: *Gone* Fireball: Hello
@@bowenjudd1028 I cannot believe you made a joke RU-vid comment without doing the proper research and publishing at least one scientific paper. Shame on you, shame!
I still remember the time my sister brought giant knitting needles onto a plane, my dad brought a cigar cutter onto the plane, but I got flagged because I forgot I left a bottle of sunscreen in my backpack.
Ah the TSA. So my company was flying back from Afghanistan on a charter flight. The plane had about 200 soldier in body armor with our rifles, pistols, bayonets, and SAW machine guns. We stopped in Seattle and had to leave all our gear so we could deplane and go through TSA security then get back on the plane full of body armor, guns, and knives... they confiscated my lucky zippo and my buddies Gerber multi tool.
Always love how you have to give away your 5dl plastic water but you can just buy a 1.5l wodka glas bottle right after and you get a shiny knife in the first class.
0:17 You said, "bomb". TSA: "Take this man into custody for further investigation. There's no way you're flying today. Unless we have a flight departing for Git-mo. Then you'll be receiving a free 1-way ticket."
Recently, the TSA made a rule that all Laptops have to be in your carry-on bagage so nobody can ignite a timed incindiary in the cargo bay... making it easier to get an explosive on board the passenger cabin of an aircraft.
How? Hydrogen peroxide in pure form is a high explosive, and looks like water. A 16 oz bottle of that could pop a plane like a balloon. See: pressurized cabin
@@vuikun pretty sure all RTG machines in states can detect explosives in bottles/containers. if you just carry them one by one and they find it in the baggage, they will leave it in RTG machine and call pyro guys to take care of it. however im pretty sure 16 oz bottle could pop RTG machine open, while smaller bottles, divided, couldnt.
I packed Spot It as a small child, and its tin is round and metal and reasonably bomb-looking. I almost started crying as they were unpacking my bag, because I thought they were going to take away my stuffed giraffe.
Remember that you can take empty bottle and fill it on the other side of the security area. That way you can save money not buying water in duty free shops
@@morgianasartre6709 Some airports have dedicated drinking water taps. And in some other places (eg. most of Europe) tap water is perfectly safe to drink
I think the thinking for liquids over x volume was that even if it was some type of explosive liquid that the limit they put on it would be small enough to stop you from having enough to explode the plane. I think people wouldn't care so much about having their water taken from them if after that point they could buy water for a reasonable price instead of 3 times the cost of you flight.
how to use a gun: take out the bullets and weight it to make sure it is bellow 3 ounces, then throw it really hard. if all else fails it will become a bomb and explode.
The limit on the liquid is because , incase the windows or doors on an airplane fail(as in break) the pressure will be lower, causing the liquid to expand and in certain cases maybe even boil, which under very pristine circumstances can lead to an explosion if it is in a sealed bottle....which doesn't happen usually but it can!😂
So as someone who just rode a plane for the first time in my life I can say I was hurt when they took my hair grease when I was trying to board to go home. I watched as the guy there threw it away.
When I was little I used to collect rocks so when my family and I went overseas for vacation. At the beach I found some cool looking rocks so I snuck them into my suitcase to take home. When going through tsa, my suitcase when through the x-ray thing and all the workers started freaking out and called security and took us into an inspection room. They opened my suitcase and found it full of rocks and everyone (including my parents) where super confused and where like wtf is this. I told them they were for my rock collection and the security guys just started laughing. I got to keep my rocks :)
@@Malkontent1003 Can I please just get my bag of salt and vinegar chips? Please? I could have just stopped for gas, y’know. I need that to blow up the plane.
@@VoidKing666 Gonna be a no from me, sadly. I mean, we all know you could light a fire with the bag from those chips. With a 3oz bottle of gas you could... what... kill everyone on the plane? Pssh, like they'd give you the time to do that. Besides, we can't let you have a bag of chips, otherwise you wouldn't need the breathing apparatus if the plane goes down.
