Wedding favors resembling fake bombs, marked ‘TNT’ cause evacuation at DIA

DENVER -- Wedding favors that looked like fake bombs and were marked “TNT” caused an evacuation at Denver International Airport last month, the Transportation Security Agency said Thursday.

The wedding souvenirs were found in a checked bag as they went through a security X-ray machine. The gifts were bottles of bath salts that were topped with red wax and a wick that resembled a fuse, TSA said in an Instagram post that included a picture of the bottles.

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#TSATravelTips - Be mindful of what you’re traveling with and what it might appear as on an X-ray monitor. These novelty bottles of bath salts topped with wax-covered lids and fuses were discovered in a checked bag at the Denver International Airport (DEN) and resulted in a 20-minute evacuation while bomb specialists cleared the items. What looked like possible explosives were just wedding souvenirs. The bride and groom’s names both start with "T"; thus "TNT.”

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The names of the bride and groom both started with “T,” thus the letters “TNT” on the side of the bottles.

Bomb specialists were called in and officials evacuated the security area for 20 minutes so each bottle could be examined.

The TSA posted a picture of the favors as a reminder to travelers to be mindful of what they bring on planes.