Passengers cannot simply board a flight with any kind of items and products inside the luggage. There are many items that get a big “no-no” from carrying while flying on a plane. Recently, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security shared some details about the number of prohibited items that are separated from luggage at different airports in India every single day. Read on to know the surprising information.
Thousands Of Products Are Removed From Airport Baggage Daily!
The number of items removed from air passengers’ bags in different airports in India is shocking. The aviation security body stated on Monday that security personnel confiscates about 25,000 prohibited items at airports every day. In India, many travellers end up carrying many such products in both their check-in luggage and handbags and they need to throw away all these things before boarding the flight.
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BCAS also informed us how the process of discovering these things and controlling the situations take about 3 minutes for every single item. Zulfiquar Hasan, the Director-General of BCAS stated how about 8 lakh hand baggage is scanned every day, according to a report by Business Standard. Passengers check in about 5 lakh items daily. And among this huge number, security discovers about 25,000 restricted items.
Passenger footfall is increasing rapidly all around the country and such a rise in banned products is surely a concern. Staff now needs to spend more time taking care of the luggage and handbags. The number of hours spent on this could have been implemented for something important. Zulfiquar Hasan mentioned how 1,250 hours can be saved only if flyers stop carrying all these restricted things in the airports.
The Most Common Prohibited Items In Airports Are:
There is a list of many items that passengers should never carry inside airports or pack in their travel bags. Out of everything, the most commonly found products are cigarette lighters, liquid items, power banks, and knives.
The percentage of prohibited items in check-in bags are:
- 44 per cent of these products are power banks.
- Cigarette lighters consist of 19 per cent.
- 18 per cent of these items are loose batteries.
- 11 per cent of these restricted products are laptops.
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The percentage of prohibited items in hand baggage are:
- 26 per cent of restricted products are cigarette lighters.
- 22 per cent of prohibited products are scissors.
- 16 per cent of these things in handbags are knives.
- 14 per cent of these are aerosols or liquids.
Every time you are packing your bags to catch a flight, make sure that you carry only the necessary things.
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