A wheelchair-bound blonde, who stripped down to her underwear for airport security was still searched for more than an hour, forcing her to miss her flight. Knowing that her wheelchair would set off the metal detector, Tammy Banovac arrived at Oklahoma airport clad in nothing but black underwear and a trenchcoat in a bid to beat an over-the-top ‘pat-down’.
But the 52-year-old – who accessorised her outfit with just a pearl necklace and a white dog - was still subjected to a lengthy and intimate search causing her to miss her flight to Phoenix, Arizona. Ms Banovac said that an uncomfortable airport search two weeks ago left her feeling violated and she had hoped to avoid a repeat situation.'If it happened anywhere else, it would have been sexual assault,' she said of the previous search.
An airport spokeswoman said that she had to be subjected to the pat-down because she refused to go through the metal detector at all. Unfortunately for Banovac, security officers then detected traces of nitrates, which can be used to make explosives, on her wheelchair. She believes the traces may have been caused by some medication or a recent hunting trip.
She then endured more than an hour of hand searches and questioning from officers, causing her to miss her flight. She went home and repeated the security process and pat-down on Wednesday, again in just her underwear. As no explosives were detected, she was able to make the plane to Phoenix.
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