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TSA bans popular Halloween outfits and accessories before holiday…

The New York Post says travelers planning Halloween flights should check which costumes and accessories the TSA will stop at security; sweatpants remain unregulated.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte on The Midday Show
Published 12:39 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “TSA bans popular Halloween outfits and accessories — here’s what to know if you want to fly in costume”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 12:39 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: Halloween.
BBN covered this story before: Ritzy LA neighborhoods turn Halloween into a horror movie (October 13).

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New York PostTSA bans popular Halloween outfits and accessories — here’s what to know if you want to fly in costume

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPlanning to fly in a Halloween costume this month?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe TSA has a list of outfits and accessories it will stop at security, according to the New York Post, and I am delighted for all of us.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDelighted that you can't carry a prop sword onto a plane? That seems like the one rule nobody needed a memo for.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThink of the upside, though. The security line becomes a runway, and the agent holding the wand is the judge.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA runway where the prize is a second screening.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the best part is, a ghost sheet still gets you a seat, because nobody checks under it. Wait, they do check under it.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the safest costume at the airport is a person in sweatpants, and that is already what everyone is wearing.

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