Tanim bala in NAIA

[Monseratto]

Hmm...why didn't they do this earlier.???

No more arrests for bullet amulets at NAIA
By Rudy Santos | 0 views June 01, 2016

The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) is experimenting on a scheme in which passengers found with a lone bullet in their luggage would be allowed to board their flights after surrendering the bullet.

This is meant to finally end the tanim bala or bullet-planting phobia at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, according to Bienvenido Denros, OTS team leader at the NAIA Terminal 1.

Denros said last Monday that the new rule is still in the experimental stage and would apply only if one live bullet is found in the luggage of a departing passenger, especially elderly people and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

He clarified that if they find a fully loaded bullet magazine or several bullets inside the luggage, the passenger would be apprehended.

He said once the X-ray machine at the departure area detects only one live bullet in the luggage, the OTS inspector will ask the passenger to view the X-ray monitor to look at the bullet without anybody touching the subject luggage.

Denros said the inspector would then ask the passenger to get the bullet from the bag and surrender it to the OTS and the passenger would be allowed to board his plane without any interrogation or even charges of violating the law.

“We ask them (passenger) if you still want to leave. If they say yes, then we will ask them to open their luggage and get the bullet and surrender it to us, then we will let them go,” Denros explained.

Denros recalled that last Saturday afternoon at NAIA Terminal 1, the X-ray scan detected a live bullet and two empty shells inside the check-in luggage of a departing OFW.

“I called the attention of the OFW and asked him to view his luggage that contained a bullet through the X-ray monitor and asked him politely if he still wanted to proceed to the Middle East, and he replied, yes please,” Denros said.

He told the OFW to open his luggage, get the bullet and surrender it to the OTS.After doing this, he was allowed to board his flight without being charged with any violation.

The OFW, whose identity was withheld, thanked the OTS team several times and continued waving his hand while walking toward the airline counters.

Denros said the new rule is part of the review of regulations of the OTS security check.

He said that many people still believe in bullets as amulets or good luck charms, and some passengers are caught in the airport with amulets in their luggage.

[dreamur]

How could a bullet be an amulet? Instead of fixing the wrong notion of the pinoys, we are tolerating it. We really need dr. Randy dellosa. :D

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[Stigg ma]

NAIA employee are really in the line right now if another incident happens of this tanim bala because of president duterte's (officially proclaimed May 30, 2016) statement of that they all get kicked out from top to bottom, including the janitor and they know the new president is serious...

if they want to keep their jobs, it must meet or exceed the du30 standard...

for me, i transfer the OTS to the Bureau of Corrections, there they can use their skills on detecting bullets and contraband all they want...

[chua_riwap]

OT
Yung nag-viral na yung ngawa ng ngawa na pasahero na binuksan at ninakawan daw, mali pala ang nadampot na bagahe. Upon investigation ng Cebu Pac, lumalabas na di pala kanya yung bagahe.

O di ba TA NGA lang.......ha ha. Mag apologize ka, TA NGA!

[yebo]

sobrang kahiya-hiya yun. nagngangawa sa airport tapos di naman kanya pala yung bag. ogags! siguro bagong bili lang yung bag nya at di pa nya kabisado ang hitsura. kasi dati naman "kartonite" ang bag na gamit nag ambisyon ng maleta hahahaha.

[chua_riwap]

sobrang kahiya-hiya yun. nagngangawa sa airport tapos di naman kanya pala yung bag. ogags! siguro bagong bili lang yung bag nya at di pa nya kabisado ang hitsura. kasi dati naman "kartonite" ang bag na gamit nag ambisyon ng maleta hahahaha.

Kaya ako, pag dampot ko nang bagahe, tingin kahad sa airline stub kung pangalan ko yung nakasulat doon. Maraming magkamukha ng bagahe. Kumalat pa sa social media ngawa-ngawa nya. Kakahiya.

[NightRock]

Kaya ako, pag dampot ko nang bagahe, tingin kahad sa airline stub kung pangalan ko yung nakasulat doon. Maraming magkamukha ng bagahe. Kumalat pa sa social media ngawa-ngawa nya. Kakahiya.

Ang tapang pa ni Kuya ha . "timbangin nyo yan 17 kilos naging 7 kilos"

pano nya kaya na sabi 7kilos yon hehehe. unang tingin ko palang sa video duda na ako kasi naka lock naman ang maleta at walang sign na binuksan.. Langya galing pa naman ng dubai mukhang beast mode si kuya ng dumating hehehe.

kaya ako mas gusto ko pa mag kartonites,

[badkuk]

Even boxes look the same coming out the conveyor. We usually tie colored ribbon or tape para walang mistaken identity

[NightRock]

Even boxes look the same coming out the conveyor. We usually tie colored ribbon or tape para walang mistaken identity

Pag box at ikaw mismo nag packed Im sure you will never missed it.. meron naman kasi passenger na tulad ng nag viral na may Tag na nga maleta nya hindi muna tingnan kung sa kanya bago sya mag wala

[Monseratto]

[willownavarro]

Whew! Thanks for sharing this!

[hypnos]

christmas season just a few months away huh

[Monseratto]

Outright theft is the new modus sa NAIA...



Nakawan ulit sa NAIA? Pinay OFW galing HK ninakawan ng mga mahalagang gamit sa bagahe - Nowreader.co

[boybi]

iPad nya nawala? Bawal ang ipads, and any electronics with lithium-ion sa checked baggages. Could it be nakita sa xray sa HK airport and they took it out of the bag?

[KingoftheNorth]

iPad nya nawala? Bawal ang ipads, and any electronics with lithium-ion sa checked baggages. Could it be nakita sa xray sa HK airport and they took it out of the bag?

That's what I know, too. During check-in, the officer at the counter always reminds the passenger to remove all electronics (Ipads, Laptops, etc.) from checked-in baggage.

[vinrem]

Ako parang twice or 3 times na nawala padlock ko sa luggage when I arrive Shanghai from Manila, yung isang beses ay putol ang zipper head but wala naman items nawala sa loob. Yung kagandahan lng sa check in counter in China is that nasa likod na nila ang xray machine or they scan your luggages before it goes to the cargo area, and if they found some items that you're not supposed to checked in ay they will hold your luggage and they will call your attention to open it yourself and take it out.

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[willownavarro]

Checked in a duffel bag with a football and towel as its contents only. Trip was from Brisbane to Manila with a stopover at Singapore, via SQ. Sa conveyor belt, ayun nakabukas ang bag haha. Hindi yata nila trip ang laman e kaya iniwan nalang nakabukas

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[vinrem]

Si wifey uuwi this month sa pinas, when I saw that video last week, told her to wrap the whole bag with cling wrap to be sure na lang, puro pasalubong pa naman ang laman ng bag nya.

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[xwangbu]

kung kaya sa cabin baggage - wag na icheckin.

[JJB]

Wala bang cctv sa baggage cargo area before the conveyor belt? Kung meron, minimized mga nakawan. Dapat walang mga buksa ang uniforms din ng handlers.
Pero kahit sa US, may nakawan at sindikato. A friend lost 4 pairs ng ferragamo from phoenix to LAX!

To add: baka mga pinoy ang baggage handlers sa phx or LAX [emoji51][emoji23]
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