I may be late for this: I was flying from DC with some meteorites and I carried them on (I never check anything I would not want to lose or need) and the TSA looked at them like the were from "outer space"... heHeHe... and they pulled me aside and asked me questions. I told the I was visiting the Smithsonian. Now there were about three of the looking at my stones handing to one another and looking a me oddly. At this point I was getting worried; a few 100 gram chondrites i found and some rare achondrites I have bought - including a mars meteorite. Well, after a bout 5 or 10 minutes they let me go... wow, I was sweating. I would certainly call the airline and check. Greg S.
---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:23:02 -0600 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in your Carry-On Luggage > > > In mine, the TSA in Cairo considered my samples as "Hazardous Projectiles" > and would not allow them as carry-on. Had to check them. That was in > September. Got home with them O.K. Just fossels, got stopped for my > meteorite search in Sudan. > Dennis > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:56:38 -0500 >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in your Carry-On Luggage >> >> >> >> in my experience, it's at the discretion of the TSA supervisor on duty. >> >> good luck. best/ d, >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Kevin Kichinka wrote: >> >>> I want to bring two iron meteorites, one a Campo of 10 kgs., the other >>> a Gibeon of 4 kgs., to Costa Rica from Miami on American Airlines. I >>> would never check them and take a chance they might disappear. I would >>> carry them on the plane in a small suitcase. >>> >>> >>> Are these prohibited items? How do dealers flying around the planet to >>> shows ship their rocks? >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any and all that have experience with this and respond. >>> >>> >>> Kevin Kichinka >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
