{"id":542036,"date":"2026-09-16T23:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/passenger-conceals-knife-from-tsa-to-avoid-baggage-fee\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T23:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:38:23","slug":"tsa-screeners-stunned-passenger-admits-concealing-knife-to-avoid-100-bag-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=542036","title":{"rendered":"TSA Screeners Stunned: Passenger Admits Concealing Knife To Avoid $100 Bag Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

News has emerged of a US airline passenger who attempted to smuggle a knife through a TSA security checkpoint in her hand luggage at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) in Madison, Wisconsin. The alarming nature of this incident obviously raised eyebrows, given that it violated safety rules put in place to keep passenger<\/a><\/span> and crew safe, but particularly surprising was the honesty of the flyer involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flyer ended up surrendering the knife, with TSA agents surprised at her honesty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,475,240,43,3333,643,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-north-america","category-safety","category-security","category-tsa","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t