Giant Wooden Hammer
Officials at the Burlington International Airport confiscated a humongous wooden mallet. Since mallets and sledgehammers can be used as a weapon, they’re now allowed as carry-ons. But they are allowed inside checked baggage.
Fake Bomb
It might look like an old Sears alarm clock jury-rigged into dynamites. But security at Chicago O’Hare International Airport discovered that it was completely fake, not that this stopped TSA from performing a more thorough security check that led to delays.
