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I've recently been gifted with a piece of chain-mail jewelry - it's a bracelet, made from titanium chian mail links (like the chain mail links that armor was once made from, many hundreds of years ago).
The unique thing about this bracelet is that it's been chain mailed onto my wrist, and removing it would involve breaking the links.
I'm planning a trip in October, and the concern has been raised that this piece of jewelry will not be permitted through airport security.
I was wondering if you might have any idea about that?
I appreciate your time!
~Skywise
Aka Mark
Mark,
Your bracelet will set of the walk-through metal detector. Show the TSA agent your wrist, tell him or her that you cannot take it off, and they will send you aside for "further screening." Another TSA person will use a hand-held metal detector and "wand" you. They may even use the chemical trace machine as a secondary precaution. Once they determine that the alarm was caused only by your bracelet, they will let you continue on.
It been about six months since I stopped working at the TSA, but this kind of thing happened all the time. And this is the process I remember going through. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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| Comment | Your response was/is appreciated, but I should mention that I have since discovered that the bracelet in question does not set off the security scanners at all. Titanium is a non-ferous metal. | ||
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CAN: Airport Security (NOT immigration).
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PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARTICULAR AIRLINES WILL CHARGE FOR YOUR BAGS!
That's why your airline has a website!
Experience
Formerly Director of Operations at a small commercial airport.
Formerly worked for a state government issuing and managing airport development grants.
Formerly worked for TSA. (Not as bad as it appears to the average passenger.)
Formerly worked at an airport in planning and operations.
Also formerly worked as a Price Analyst for a wildly unpopular airline.
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AAAE, AOPA, AzAA
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Education/Credentials
B.A. English and Religious Studies, Hobart College
M.S. Aviation Management Technology, Arizona State University
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