First…Don’t do this. It is illegal to bring a knife onto a plane. Full Stop.
Second…I am amazed that they were allowed to simply surrender the knife and continue on their way. Trying to “camouflage” a weapon (I use the term loosely) is evidence that you knew what you were doing and it wasn’t simply a mistake.
Third…Fox needs better copywriters:
“Sharp weapon discovered by TSA tucked inside unusual item in passenger’s carry-on bag”
is a ridiculous headline for an SAK Classic.
A routine carry-on screening at a Texas airport took an unusual turn after TSA officers made a suspicious discovery and later heard an unexpected explanation from the travelers.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) found a pocketknife concealed inside a tube of toothpaste, according to an employee story published on the agency’s website.
TSA Officer Jazmine Kramer was screening the carry-on bag with an X-ray machine when she noticed what appeared to be a metal object near the toiletries and flagged the bag for a closer look.
“Usually when people have prohibited items in their bags, it’s by accident,” Kramer said in the write-up on the site. “It’s not normally because they intentionally put something there thinking it will make it through.”