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Airport Scan/Metal Plate?
Leaving on the 26th from Vancouver on the Veendam for Hawaii -- counting
the days! My last flights were prior to 9-11 and despite a sizeable embedded metal plate in my ankle area (for 20 years), I have never triggered any alarm. With new inspection procedures, should I be concerned about this? Also, it was suggested to me by a friend that I should carry a note of explanation from my physician. Has anyone had this experience, and would the note really be necessary? TIA Ed |
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A note won't be necessary. If you set off the alarm (depends on the
airport, remember at some the tiny metal shanks in shoes set it off) you will have to be hand scanned. You will tell them you have a metal plate in the ankle, they will hand wand you and you will set off the hand wand. They will then have you remove your shoes, wand you again (because they will insist it's your shoes) and it will go off again. They will then hand check or ask you to lift your pants leg so they can see you aren't carrying anything, then they will let you go. They just need to be satisfied that there isn't anything strapped to your leg. You shouldn't be concerned at all, but you should expect they may want to do a secondary if you can't get the walk through without beeping. wrote in message ... Leaving on the 26th from Vancouver on the Veendam for Hawaii -- counting the days! My last flights were prior to 9-11 and despite a sizeable embedded metal plate in my ankle area (for 20 years), I have never triggered any alarm. With new inspection procedures, should I be concerned about this? Also, it was suggested to me by a friend that I should carry a note of explanation from my physician. Has anyone had this experience, and would the note really be necessary? TIA Ed |
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My mother has some steel in her arm and always carries a note from her
doctor. She was questioned on her last flight and with the note there was absolutely no problem. I'd carry a note just to be on the safe side. Gayle On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 wrote: Leaving on the 26th from Vancouver on the Veendam for Hawaii -- counting the days! My last flights were prior to 9-11 and despite a sizeable embedded metal plate in my ankle area (for 20 years), I have never triggered any alarm. With new inspection procedures, should I be concerned about this? Also, it was suggested to me by a friend that I should carry a note of explanation from my physician. Has anyone had this experience, and would the note really be necessary? TIA Ed |
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My mother has some steel in her arm and always carries a note from her
doctor. She was questioned on her last flight and with the note there was absolutely no problem. I'd carry a note just to be on the safe side. Gayle On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 wrote: Leaving on the 26th from Vancouver on the Veendam for Hawaii -- counting the days! My last flights were prior to 9-11 and despite a sizeable embedded metal plate in my ankle area (for 20 years), I have never triggered any alarm. With new inspection procedures, should I be concerned about this? Also, it was suggested to me by a friend that I should carry a note of explanation from my physician. Has anyone had this experience, and would the note really be necessary? TIA Ed |
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I have a knee implant which is just about a year old. I have flown many
times this year and it always sets off the bells and whistles. The very first time I presented the card from the hospital which indicates the implant. They could have cared less and since then I have not even bothered to get it out. I have dressed for the inspection with mostly elastic waist clothing and that seems to help. I'd imagine the variety of airports and their levels of scan will determine what you will have to go through. It is about a 3 minute delay but just go with the flow...........safe journey -- jtc wrote in message ... Leaving on the 26th from Vancouver on the Veendam for Hawaii -- counting the days! My last flights were prior to 9-11 and despite a sizeable embedded metal plate in my ankle area (for 20 years), I have never triggered any alarm. With new inspection procedures, should I be concerned about this? Also, it was suggested to me by a friend that I should carry a note of explanation from my physician. Has anyone had this experience, and would the note really be necessary? TIA Ed |
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Went thru in phila,and husband kept setting off the alarm,after quite a
search,they found it was the pack of lifesavers in his shirt pocker,silver foil kept setting it off. Surfer e2468 |
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In article , "Mike
Cordelli" wrote: You shouldn't be concerned at all, but you should expect they may want to do a secondary if you can't get the walk through without beeping. I wonder if it would save to just pull up the pants leg and show the scar and that there is nothing else there. -- A moral compass needs a butt end. Whatever direction France is pointing-- from collaboration with the Nazis, acccomodation with the Communists, existentialism, Jerry Lewis or a UN resolution veto-- we can go the other way with a quiet conscience. --PJ O'Rourke |
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Sums up USA security "after quite a search", that is why the world has its
current problems "Surfer E2468" wrote in message ... Went thru in phila,and husband kept setting off the alarm,they found it was the pack of lifesavers in his shirt pocker,silver foil kept setting it off. Surfer e2468 |
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no, they are required to do a further investigation of you "if" you set off
the metal detectors............the less you fuss the faster they complete their task -- jtc "Kurt Ullman" wrote in message ink.net... In article , "Mike Cordelli" wrote: You shouldn't be concerned at all, but you should expect they may want to do a secondary if you can't get the walk through without beeping. I wonder if it would save to just pull up the pants leg and show the scar and that there is nothing else there. -- A moral compass needs a butt end. Whatever direction France is pointing-- from collaboration with the Nazis, acccomodation with the Communists, existentialism, Jerry Lewis or a UN resolution veto-- we can go the other way with a quiet conscience. --PJ O'Rourke |
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