RED Flag food items can get you stopped at airport security and even force you to miss your flight. Most of us are familiar with downing a bottle of water before passing through security at major airports. 2 Protein powder can cause issues for flyers Credit: Getty - Contributor 2 Close up dragging suitcases at the airport Credit: Getty However flyers now face an increasingly complex set of rules on what they can and cannot take on board an aircraft.
Some flyers who fall foul of the rules vent their frustration on social media. One posted: "Keeping America safe by getting an explosive expert to test my wife's protein powder," one traveller wrote in an X post addressed to the TSA. "Current wait time 20 minutes.
" "I just got yanked aside by TSA," said another. "The shaker cup packed with protein powder was the red flag." Now website Travel.
nine.com has put together a refresher course of flyers who don't want to be held up at the gate. For domestic flights within Australia, there are no restrictions on how much powders, liquids, aerosols and gels you can carry onboard, according to the Australian Border Force.
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