Top 5 Surprising Facts About Airport Security

Top 5 Facts about Airport Security

With so many lives in their hands, its no wonder they're so thorough. In this list, we're gonna tell you some need to know facts about airport security to make your travel go much smoother. We're asking questions like; How much can you carry? What can you take on a plane? What is the TSA? How do you become a TSA Agent? Do I have to throw Away my goods? And many more.

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[jorgequinones]

TSA is serious business, the level of thoroughness is crazy good and they have to multi-task ALL the time. Honestly I'm glad they do what they do, I've lost track of how many times I've seen them find loose ammo, gun parts, and even loaded guns aside from different size knives that even passengers forget they have sometimes. They have been proven to be very useful at the airports that I have traveled with. Thank you all TSA officers for your service, hard work, dedication, and patience with us the passengers, I know it might not be easy dealing with all the whining and complaining we do but you guys are there EVERY DAY doing the same job over and over while still having the patience of saints, keep up the great work.

[irregulargamer]

That lost and found thing is true. They're lost and found is amazing.

[pythonkatie]

I love having TSA pre-check. Saves so much time.

[iloveplayingpr]

Props to the Personnel doing their Jobs in Lost and Found :D

[Morethanannoyed]

if only they didnt constantly fail security check tests and get caught stealing our items

[demonblade]

Yeah the tsa is basically useless. They where tested recently and missed 75 % of contraband.

[claytonis]

The TSA hasn't prevented any attack, its a cause of stress on already stressed passengers, its a waste of tax dollars.... and, oh yeah, there are a few stories of TSA agents robbing people during baggage searches.

[luhertell]

I went through security with one of those wallet knives in Chicago and Texas and they never noticed.

[Rkiver]

I recall that recent checks of the TSA by the FBI showed failure to detect 90 percent of hidden firearms.

It's theatre and not much else from what I have seen and experienced.

[sarahrose]

Last time I was this early I was still in the womb

[veolouxx]

I love how i was not surprised by any of this

2/10, shoulda had mor Knack

[Razorfish]

Lost and found. Funny how they always store expensive items at TSA employees' homes.

[ramdomposts]

I could say I found a fact interesting but now I'm never going to the airport and boarding an airplane ever again

[cgreen]

I think the section about lost and found was accurate. On a flight I was on from Atlanta to Washington DC I had to take out my laptop when I went through security and then subsequently forgot to pick it up when I putting back on shoes. Anyway, I remembered when I was looking for my laptop when I got home. The next morning I got ahold of the TSA lost and found for the airport in DC and inquired about my lost laptop. The person took my info and looked in to it. I thought I was out of luck but a few hours later I was called back and told my laptop was in their Dept. I was amaze it was that easy. In making arrangements to get my laptop back I was told I would have to pay for the shipping fees to get it by FEDEX. I hurrily agreed because I had just started to mourn the lost of my laptop. Can’t believe it was that easy to reach out to a lost and found department of a extremely busy airport.

[thatonerandomfox]

I can now say I've wasted my time watching a 5 minute TSA advertisement.

[talnreich]

This Vid got me laughing....The TSA has a failure rate of 95% in Tests! It has never detected a single terrorist. It does nothing but consume money and inconvinience passengers. Everytime I think about those guys I am tempted to intentionally leave a too large bottle of water in my bag, than insist on taking it though, until they let it though, just out of spite.

[gamesurvivor]

Bravo WatchMojo Bravo you actually did something right this time you put my hero in there Adam Conover

[whatvlogz]

Why does my curly hair set off the body scanner? Then TSA wants to use their dirty gloves to pat down my head.

[codyanderson]

We confiscate your lighters to smoke weed lol

[coreyjunk]

Should’ve put up the sponsor of this video before getting into your countdown. “This episode of WatchMojo brought to you by the Department of Homeland Security.”