If you’re flying somewhere with the family, you might want to ask junior to pack his remote-controlled car in your check-in luggage. The Transportation Security Administration believes radio-controlled toys could threaten the safety of your flight, according to a press release issued this morning.
I’m not making this up.
“While not associated with a specific threat at this time, TSA is aware that remote control toys can be used to initiate devices used in terrorist attacks,” the agency announced in a prepared statement this morning.
“Accordingly,” it adds, “Transportation Security Officers have trained on this possibility and travelers may encounter additional screening when bringing remote control devices in carry-on baggage.”
Folks, you know what this means. Don’t bring the toys in your carry-on luggage. Better yet, leave them at home. Something tells me the TSA’s in a confiscatin’ mood.
Maybe they’ll end up storing the harmless little cars and planes in the same warehouse with those dangerous sippy cups?
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