Why did I have to go through the air-puffer machine at the airport?

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Chaosman

The machine takes a sample of the air surrounding your bodies. If you have any illegal or illicit items the machine will be able to chemically identify them. Also, if you had been doing something illegal such as handling high explosives, then the residual residue would show up on the scan and you could be flagged for further examination or interrogation. This is a random screening and not something specifically targeted at you.

Amanda

They pick random people

Bee

Probably just a random check.

lopezr_5

they go though this progress to such for gunpowder, drugs, anthrax, and any other dangerous stuff. they have that there to make your flight a safer trip and having no worrys on your flight :)

Qwyrx

Sometimes they randomly select people (say, every tenth person/group in line). Alternatively, they may have had some reason to believe that there was a threat from people who looked like you.

maddymay

just a random check

mobilemark

check your boarding pass was it coded SSSS?
thats going be a clue to more security
when did you buy you ticket how did you pay for (cash ?)
also sometimes it just luck of the draw
(I myself went though that same machine at SFO that
was because i was traveling same day and paid cash (travelers checks
and my boarding pass was coded SSSS
so i had a longer "visit" with TSA

Sophie D

to see if you have drugs

Marina R

maybe because they wanted to if you really want to know why don't you call the airport and explain your case and ask them y that happened

Alethea J

the TSA randomnly selects people for extra screening...it had nothing to do with you personally. You just hit the lottery on that one.

dogs_mate_while_cats_hate

maybe u just stink! and the airline did not want u to offend other passengers,so they made you go through the (ahem) bomb residue machine,which is just a cover up for bad b.o.

Simaholic

You probably just looked suspicious to them. Mostly it is young college students that are tricked to carry drugs to other countries for a small fee. My poor brother gets stopped every time he flies. He says that he is so nervous knowing he might be stopped that they stop him for looking suspicious. Maby you guys looked a bit nervous or something.

Ava <3

I don't think most people know what SFO means.

nunezeddie1

because you could be smuggling in bad breath

becky h

this happened to me

johnny

Airport security guide reading it now,
http://www.gomestic.com/Emergency-Preparation/The-Most-Important-Items-to-Get-When-Leaving-House-in-a-Emergency.439159

ChowFan

lol what he said up there

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