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December 20,
2002
Holiday Travel Tips on Packing Baggage
from Lehigh Valley International Airport
Contact: Susan
Kittle
Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
1-800-FLY-LVIA
Lehigh Valley,
PA - Added security measures will impose some new constraints
on traveling with holiday gifts. Airport officials suggest passengers
arrive early for check-in due to holiday season.
Passengers should
put toothbrushes and other personal belongings in plastic bags so
screeners won't have to touch them. Books should be spread out rather
than stacked. Food and beverages should be placed in carry-on bags
and footwear should be packed on top of other contents.
Food items,
like cheese or chocolate, can be mistaken by bomb-detection machines
for explosives and generate a "false positive". TSA screeners
will hand-search bags that register a positive reading.
Among other
recommendations and requirements:
- Shoes should be packed last to make it easier for screeners
to hand-search luggage.
- Bags should be left unlocked so screeners won't have to force
them open to search them by hand. Cable ties or zip ties are recommended.
- Don't put film in checked bags because screening equipment may
damage it.
- Leave gifts unwrapped, whether in carryon or checked baggage.
Screeners may need to open packages.
- Put scissors, pocket knives and other sharp items in checked
bags. They are prohibited from the passenger cabin.
Lehigh Valley
International Airport is located near Allentown, Pennsylvania and
serves a twelve county area with a population of 2.5 million people.
The Airport is easily accessible from communities in eastern Pennsylvania
and northern New Jersey.
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