Security controls missed liquid in my luggage. Should I report it?
I recently took a flight from the Netherlands to Italy. On that flight I used as only luggage a backpack, which I normally use for daily shopping.
On my arrival in Italy I noticed that I had forgot in my backpack a 500 ml brick of tomato sauce. Apparently it went unnoticed through the security controls.
Should I report this to the departure airport? My main concern is not that I did something forbidden, but that their security controls are somehow lousy.
Best Answer
Forget about it. This happens all the time.
It's documented that TSA in the US misses ~90% of test devices and there are regular reports of prohibited but otherwise harmless items, knives, firearms passing undetected. This is widely known in the travel community and no cause for concern.
Be happy you got to keep you tomato sauce.
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Answer 2
No. It happens, also for knives (and fake test bombs/firearms).
It seems that the success rate should be around 70% to 80%, in order to discourage terrorist plans. New attacks require new ways, so better not to ruin a new methods (which will alarm security around the world).
In general, I would also not write it on Stack Exchange (or Internet). It could help bad guys to find ways to bypass security.
The security people are regularly tested with fake baggage in own control belt (and they get some statistics about success rate). Reporting will not help further.
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