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Virginia airport TSA checkpoint X-ray machine accidentally scans traveler’s pet: ‘cat-astrophic mistake’
A traveler passing by way of Norfolk Worldwide Airport in Virginia put their cat by way of the TSA checkpoint X-ray machine final Friday. (TSA)
Norfolk, Virginia, Transportation Safety Administration, or TSA, brokers have been in for a shock final week after a passenger put their pet cat by way of the checkpoint X-ray machine.
TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein posted about the incident on Twitter on Friday.
“Simply while you thought it was protected to deliver your pet on a visit…A traveler left their pet in its journey carrying case at a @TSA checkpoint this morning at @NorfolkAirport,” Farbstein tweeted. “Consideration pet house owners: Please don’t ship your pet by way of the X-ray unit. Cat-astrophic mistake!”
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A follower noticed the spokesperson’s tweet and requested if the cat is OK, to which Farbstein replied, “Yep.”
Each the traveler and the cat have been required to undergo the TSA screening the right approach after the TSA brokers noticed the X-ray picture.
Farbstein stated the right option to undergo safety is by eradicating the cat from the journey bag.
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She additionally tweeted a video posted to Instagram by the TSA in regards to the correct option to journey with a pet by way of the TSA checkpoint, including that vacationers with cats can request or not it’s screened in a non-public room, simply in case the proprietor has an escape artist of their palms.
The Instagram video begins out with a picture of the cat’s X-ray with the phrases, “Don’t do that,” beneath.
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It then exhibits a person take away his canine from a pet service and stroll by way of the TSA checkpoint.
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