MBP on flight

[dhd]

Hello all,

I'm flying home (Canary Islands) for christmas. I wonder about any special care one should take about security scanners. I'm carrying also my lacie hard disk full of recording material, and I wonder if there is any chance of data loss due to the magnetic fields or whatever?.

Thanks in advance for any answer!!!


MBP 15"SR, OSX 10.5.1

 

[koobcamuk]

The laptop will be fine.

The external drive should be scanned with a portable swab looking thing - dunno what it is though.

 

[dhd]

The laptop will be fine.

The external drive should be scanned with a portable swab looking thing - dunno what it is though.

Thanks for your help. Should I ask the security agent that I have a hard disk before passing the luggage through the scanner then?. I'm flying from Schipol, I dunno what their rules are...I'll try to phone them.

 

[koobcamuk]

When I entered Germany or left England (can't remember which) I just left them all in my bag. After the scan (x-ray) it was then checked by security (Nintendo DS, 4 HDDs, power supplies )

I don't think it will harm it - you can always mention it to them - they are often helpful

 

[skyrider007]

Thanks for your help. Should I ask the security agent that I have a hard disk before passing the luggage through the scanner then?. I'm flying from Schipol, I dunno what their rules are...I'll try to phone them.

I've flown with my external HD (in carryon) before, it passed the x-ray without any problem afterward.