The TSA says security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

It was a loaded diaper, but not like you would think.

Security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper Wednesday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said.

Officers pulled the otherwise clean diaper from a passenger’s carry-on bag after it triggered an alarm in an X-ray machine at an airport security checkpoint, the TSA said.

  • Omnificer@lemmy.world
    1111·
    2 years ago

    What’s actually news worthy is that TSA managed to catch this. Their success rate is abysmal, so I’m sure this is a big confidence boost for them.

    • Mamertine@lemmy.world
      505·
      2 years ago

      In their defense, they stare at a screen all day looking for contraband. The human brain can only do a task like that well for maybe 15 minutes before zoning out.

      I know people who worked in manufacturing. There was a quality control position where a worker had to look at glass going by them on a assembly line looking for defects. They studied how long a person could reliability do that before they started missing defects. It was only about 10 minutes.

      I think if that story every time I go to the airport, or when the TSA get trashed for missing half of the weapons they’re supposed to be searching for.

      AI should be used to assist roles like that.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        25·
        2 years ago

        Have you ever looked at their screen? This isn’t a 1970’s scan, the computer automatically flags anomalies and makes a box around them.

        • Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 years ago

          Speaking from experience they seemed to actually catch more back then regardless.

          I miss the days of a magnetometer and keeping my shoes on.

        • Mamertine@lemmy.world
          32·
          2 years ago

          That’s good to hear.

          No, I can’t really get a look at them. They’re positioned to hide the screen an my airport. Well and airport security is a pain, so I’m trying to get through as quickly as possible.

      • geogle@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 years ago

        They’re constantly being switched out at my airport (ATL). Either they are on a similarly short schedule, or I’m lucky enough to always hit shift change :/

    • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world
      131·
      2 years ago

      Very much this. Four times I’ve accidentally flown with live ammo in my carry on and gotten through the TSA checkpoint unflagged. I can also verify that the hand swab thing they do doesn’t pick up gunpowder.

  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works
    312·
    2 years ago

    the passenger initially claimed he didn’t know how the bullet-filled diaper ended up in his bag.

    If anything, it just confirms how irresponsible they are.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      2 years ago

      He said he suspected his gf did it…

      Like, why just bring bullets but no gun?

      That’s something entirely nonsensical even for an idiot that tries to smuggle a gun onto a plane.

      But, if someone wanted to fuck another person over for any number of reasons…

      Hiding some bullets in their carry on would do the trick.

      • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works
        111·
        2 years ago

        Who knows, maybe it’s just my gf doesn’t have a bunch of bullets in her pockets to shove in a bag while I’m not looking.
        Whether it’s him or her, that household kinda has an issue with safe firearm/ammo storage and handling.

      • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 years ago

        I used to run a CNC laser. It would cut 2-d shapes out of metal up to 19mm thick.

        We had a supervisor who was going on a trip once, and we joked about cutting out the silhouette of a handgun and sewing it into the lining of a carryon bag. We didn’t do it, but I could see a stunt like that causing problems.

  • Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    All that trouble over maybe $10 worth of ammunition… You’d think they’d just quietly drop it in the trash or something. It’s not like it’s some kind of ultra-precious irreplaceable unobtanium or something.

  • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I remember when I was a teenager flying back from a hunting trip and I had my sister with me, the TSA did their usual routine of giving me a hard time because they think fucking with the autistic kid is funny, she breezed through, we get on the plane and are in the air when she nudges me and pulls A HANDFUL OF SHOTGUN SHELLS out of her pocket. Like, put those things the FUCK back in your pocket.