The traveler aroused vigilance at the airport. “I got red”
The traveler told about the surprising course of control at Chopin Airport. The test for the presence of hazardous substances unexpectedly launched an alarm.
Tourists know well that during a security check, airport protection guard officers can carry out an inspection for the presence of forbidden substances,
The guard then touches the interior of the hand with a special paper, which detects viruses, bacteria and forbidden substances on the skin of his hands. That is why it is assumed that this test is called anti -nobacco control.
Stressful control at Chopin Airport
Recently, Sabina traveler running the blog by the world shared an unusual experience from Chopin Airport. After she was selected for such a control, and the guard checked her phone and hands with paper, a loud alarm started.
“The stupidest, most absurd reason why I was” detained “at the airport. I didn’t say anything stupid, I didn’t leave your luggage, they weren’t scissors. (…) Cape, listen to you on the phone and hands. Alarm for the whole airport, I got all the red, everyone is looking at me, I had a million thoughts with whom I met, who touched me, “she talked about this situation.
Then the guards took a second paper and checked the result in the next machine.
“What turned out? Before going to the airport, I smeared my hands with hand cream, and in most of them there is glycerin, a popular component of explosives,” she explained.
She added that cosmetics with glycerin can cause so -called A false alarm because the tests are very accurate. “After ionization, they form a signal very similar to nitroglycerin (which is made just from glycerin). This is a normal phenomenon known in aviation security controls – service often meets such cases,” she wrote. She advised not to lubricate her hands with cream before control.
Forbidden word at the airport
Tourists must also remember that at airports you cannot joke about a bomb in luggage – this is the attention is treated with full seriousness and launches the security procedure. In February, one of the tourists did not fly out of Katowice because of it. The decision to issue a permit to take a flight to Spain was left to the pilot. The captain of the ship did not allow a 47-year-old to travel.
