It’s been a week of bizarre discoveries for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): a six-pack of nunchakus and other sharp objects, and now a dog in a backpack.
This week, “a dog was accidentally X-rayed” at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, the TSA said on its Great Lakes Region verified Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon. ).
Animals must be removed from shipping crates and the empty carrier must pass through the sorting machine, the TSA said.
“When traveling with any animal, notify your airline and know the rules,” the agency said in its tweet.
A dog was accidentally sent through the X-ray @MSN_Airport this week. When traveling with any animal, notify your airline & know their rules. At the checkpoint, remove your pet from the bag and send all items, including the empty carrier, to be screened in the machine. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/JLOStCDsir
— TSA_GreatLakes (@TSA_GreatLakes) December 6, 2022
This latest discovery follows the discovery last month of a live cat trapped inside a suitcase at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport.
The cat, named Smells, was given a Thanksgiving feast after the incident.
Fly with a pet
Major US airlines charge fees for traveling with a pet onboard a flight, sometimes above the cost of the ticket.
American Airlines and United Airlines charge around R$650 each way. Southwest and Delta charge around R$495 each way.
*Forrest Brown, da CNN contributed to this text.
Source: CNN Brasil
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