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Table 2-16b: Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport Screening Checkpoints a2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Enplanements (R) 551,960,680 (R) 583,293,766 (R) 629,769,620 (R) 657,261,487 (R) 658,362,620 (R) 679,185,450 (R) 651,721,539 617,977,733Total prohibited items 3,775,345 6,114,612 7,089,599 15,887,596 13,711,759 6,516,022 972,810 129,461Firearms 927 683 650 2,217 2,075 1,416 902 889Knives b 1,036,697 1,961,849 2,058,652 1,822,752 1,607,125 1,056,687 626,182 UBox cutters b 32,788 20,991 22,350 21,315 15,999 11,908 6,284 UOther cutting instruments b 1,846,207 2,973,413 3,567,731 3,276,691 163,419 101,387 59,459 UClubs b 11,131 25,139 28,813 20,531 12,296 9,443 6,447 UIncendiaries 79,341 494,123 693,649 398,830 113,700 89,623 116,200 127,176Other b 768,254 638,414 717,754 10,345,260 11,797,145 5,245,558 157,336 1,396KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.a All data for 2002, except enplanements, are for April through December.b2008 consists <strong>of</strong> data up to Aug. 8, 2008 with the exception <strong>of</strong> Firearms and Incendiaries . TSA has stopped the collection <strong>of</strong> data on all prohibited items except for Firearms and Incendiariesas <strong>of</strong> Aug. 8, 2008.NOTES:The large increase in 2005 and decrease in 2007 was primarily due to the prohibition <strong>of</strong> lighters on board from April 2005 to August 2007. Fluctuations in counts can be attributed to changes indefinitions and regulations governing prohibited items, in addition to the proportion <strong>of</strong> passengers carrying prohibited items and the intensity <strong>of</strong> search.Other cutting instruments include scissors, hatchets, swords, sabers, meat cleavers, ice axes, and picks. Effective Dec. 22, 2005, scissors less than 4 inches and tools less than 7 inches wereno longer prohibited.Knives include any length and type except round-bladed, butter, and plastic cutlery.Clubs includes martial arts items, baseball bats, night sticks, hammers, pool cues, and billy clubs.Firearms includes any weapon (including a starter gun) that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action <strong>of</strong> an explosive, as well as spear guns, BB guns, flarepistols, compressed air guns, and stunning devices.Other refers to tools, self-defense items, compressed gas cylinders, bleach, lighters, and certain sporting goods. Lighters (except for torch lighters and micro torches) were removed from theprohibited items list effective Aug. 4, 2007.SOURCESAll data, except enplanements:U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Homeland Security, <strong>Transportation</strong> Security Administration, Performance Measurement Information System (PMIS) and personal communication, November 2010.Enplanements:U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> Statistics, Office <strong>of</strong> Airline Information, T-100 Domestic Market Data, as <strong>of</strong>November 2010.

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