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Table 2-16b: Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport Screening Checkpoints
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| Enplanements (thousands) |
574,859 |
593,974 |
| Total prohibited items |
3,775,345 |
6,114,612 |
| Firearms |
927 |
683 |
| Knives |
1,036,697 |
1,961,849 |
| Box cutters |
32,788 |
20,991 |
| Other cutting instruments |
1,846,207 |
2,973,413 |
| Clubs |
11,131 |
25,139 |
| Incendiaries |
79,341 |
494,123 |
| Other |
768,254 |
638,414 |
a All data, except enplanements, for April though December.
SOURCES
All data, except enplanements:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, personal communication.
Enplanements:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Schedule T-3 data, various years (Washington, DC: 2003).
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