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Great article. If Boeing won't install them and flight crews can't use them, is there anything stopping normal passengers from bringing detection equipment in t

Great article. If Boeing won't install them and flight crews can't use them, is there anything stopping normal passengers from bringing detection equipment in their carry on luggage?

kaikai 6y ago
The TSA might have something to say about carrying unusual electronics into a airplane
- smnrchrds 6y ago
  Reminds me of this: > Belgian police has blocked off a part of downtown Brussels over a man wearing a thick coat with wires hanging out of it. The suspect turned out to be a radiation student doing research. https://www.dw.com/en/radiation-student-raises-fake-bomb-alert-in-brussels/a-19415441 https://www.dw.com/en/radiation-student-raises-fake-bomb-ale...
- ta988 6y ago
  If the battery of the detector is not too big, there should be no problem. I did bring an oscilloscope (with probes and all) and lot of other electronics with no issues. The only piece of electronics TSA checked longly was a half broken laptop with no battery. This really intrigued them (so it got re xrayed and the full strip test plus hands and clothes).
  - rsync 6y ago
    I once brought a sun netra 4U server, unboxed, onto the plane and somehow got it up in the overhead. Full length 4U... weighed about 70 lbs. San Jose to dc ... pre 911 ...
    - bonestamp2 6y ago
      That's Legendary.
    - ta988 6y ago
      Ok you win by what... 40 lbs
- colechristensen 6y ago
  I have carried unusual electronics on an airplane, was expecting trouble but nobody cared. It was a small black foam box with a jumble of wires connecting various pieces of equipment for a high altitude balloon experiment carried on the plane somewhere around 2010. got nothing more than a momentary glance
wooptoo 6y ago
CO detectors are very compact and could be taken on board with the hand luggage.
- benhurmarcel 6y ago
  The concern isn't about CO.
  - wooptoo 6y ago
    With enough proof that life threatening fumes are released court proceedings can be brought forward.

Great article. If Boeing won't install them and flight crews can't use them, is there anything stopping normal passengers from bringing detection equipment in their carry on luggage?

kaikai 6y ago

The TSA might have something to say about carrying unusual electronics into a airplane

smnrchrds 6y ago
Reminds me of this: > Belgian police has blocked off a part of downtown Brussels over a man wearing a thick coat with wires hanging out of it. The suspect turned out to be a radiation student doing research. https://www.dw.com/en/radiation-student-raises-fake-bomb-alert-in-brussels/a-19415441 https://www.dw.com/en/radiation-student-raises-fake-bomb-ale...
ta988 6y ago
If the battery of the detector is not too big, there should be no problem. I did bring an oscilloscope (with probes and all) and lot of other electronics with no issues. The only piece of electronics TSA checked longly was a half broken laptop with no battery. This really intrigued them (so it got re xrayed and the full strip test plus hands and clothes).
- rsync 6y ago
  I once brought a sun netra 4U server, unboxed, onto the plane and somehow got it up in the overhead. Full length 4U... weighed about 70 lbs. San Jose to dc ... pre 911 ...
  - bonestamp2 6y ago
    That's Legendary.
  - ta988 6y ago
    Ok you win by what... 40 lbs
colechristensen 6y ago
I have carried unusual electronics on an airplane, was expecting trouble but nobody cared. It was a small black foam box with a jumble of wires connecting various pieces of equipment for a high altitude balloon experiment carried on the plane somewhere around 2010. got nothing more than a momentary glance

wooptoo 6y ago

CO detectors are very compact and could be taken on board with the hand luggage.

benhurmarcel 6y ago
The concern isn't about CO.
- wooptoo 6y ago
  With enough proof that life threatening fumes are released court proceedings can be brought forward.