Millions expected to travel for Thanksgiving; tips for flying safely

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – As millions prepare to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, KSLA News 12 wants to encourage everyone to travel safely regardless of how you’re getting to your destination.

Homeland Security visited Shreveport Regional Airport Thursday, Nov. 21 to share holiday travel safety tips. They said two days before Thanksgiving, and the Sunday after the holiday are the busiest travel days nationwide.

To avoid delays, make sure you don’t bring prohibited items to the airport.

The TSA in Shreveport has confiscated seventeen firearms this year. Remember, if you’re traveling with a gun, it must be unloaded, in a hard case, and in a checked bag.

“If you come into a security checkpoint with your firearm, TSA immediately freezes the lane that the firearm is contained in, and we partner immediately with local law enforcement,” Sari Koshetz, with the Department of Homeland Security, said. “Local law enforcement will take control of the weapon, and it will be their determination on whether you get arrested, cited or if you are allowed to continue on your way. But the local law will pertain to that situation.”

Solid food items are allowed through a checkpoint, however, if it is spillable, spreadable, sprayable, pumpable, or pourable, and larger then 3 point 4 ounces, then it must go inside a checked bag.

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