Airport security find giant lobster in checked luggage
Airport security working at Boston’s Logan International Airport in the US have spotted a nine-kilogram lobster in a passenger’s luggage during a security check.
The photograph, taken by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), reveals one of the airport staff showing the immense size of the live crustacean.
.@TSA officers are skilled at screening all sorts of items in checked baggage...including this 20+ pound lobster at @BostonLogan pic.twitter.com/euhyyO6F7V
— Michael McCarthy (@TSAmedia_MikeM) June 26, 2017
Interestingly though, the transport of the lobster was completely by the book.
TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy told Reuters the TSA doesn’t prohibit people transporting live lobsters, provided they are in a “clear, plastic, spill-proof container.”
The lobster in question was in a water cooler, and according to McCarthy, “cooperated quite nicely with the screening process.”
At least they didn’t try to bring it in their carry-on luggage!