With the increase in international trips, the sharing of alerts about problems that may arise at airports is also growing. A British passenger warned of the risk of bringing chambers with a photographic roll through the airport’s safety X-ray after seeing all his photographs destroyed by the equipment. The case, shared on social networks, generated debate between travelers and brought up advice to prevent it from happening, according to the Daily Mail.
X-ray incident
The author of the alert is Magdala, users of Tiktok with the name @magdalanyc2, which told the 39 photographs captured with their disposable chamber were unusable after passing the x-ray of the airport. In the video, he explained that the hand luggage was subject to X-ray three times, which will have caused the total loss of images.
“The x-ray of security destroys them, even in disposable chambers, and everything is lost. These are moments that cannot recover,” he wrote in the video caption, quoted by the same source.
Travelers share experiences and advice
In the comments, other users shared similar experiences and gave suggestions to protect cameras and photographic rollers. One of the most recurring councils was to ask the camera to be manually checked by the security guards. “They know the procedure and most of the time they accept,” said one user.
Magdala stressed that the more often the roll goes through the x-ray, the greater the risk of damage. According to the newspaper, he also added that, despite having had cameras who resisted a single passage, the probability of problems increases with each exposure.
Porão luggage is even risky
According to the traveler, the risk is even higher in the case of basement baggage, as the scanners used are more powerful. “It is best to ask to check it out,” he advised, remembering that he has had a completely blank photo roll after just one passage through the x-ray, while another resisted without damage.
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