TSA Agents Intercept Inert Explosive Grenade, Smoke Grenade at Pittsburgh Airport

Transportation Security Administration agents at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday, June 19, intercepted a smoke grenade and an explosive grenade in passengers' luggage.

TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein shared images of the intercepted contraband on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.

"Holy smokes! The @TSA team at @PITairport intercepted this smoke grenade in a traveler's carry-on bag yesterday," Farbstein wrote alongside a photo of the smoke canister. "Had it been triggered, thick yellow smoke would have been everywhere! Yellow is just not a good look. And besides, you know that there's no smoking on a plane!"

In another post, Farbstein shared an image of a spherical explosive grenade, which was "fortunately" inert.

"Most people plan on having a blast on their trip, but this guy wasn't thinking along those lines when @TSA officers intercepted this grenade at the @PITairport checkpoint yesterday," she wrote. "Fortunately it was inert, however grenades, live or inert are not allowed on planes."

—TMX contributed to this report.