Genius or unnecessary? A passenger revealed why he flew with a coconut

A passenger named sol brah recently published a tip on the X network in which he claims to have found a creative and successful way to circumvent the restriction on liquids on domestic flights in the US: take a closed coconut on the flight and drink it in the air. “Tip for flights: you can’t fly with full bottles of water, but you can fly with a full, unopened coconut,” he wrote. “Arrived at your destination completely saturated.”

According to the method proposed by sol brah, those who cannot carry bottles of water on flights, because they are taken at the security check, can take into account that he managed to carry a whole coconut on the flight and even drink it.

Quite a few surfers who were exposed to his tip praised the nice trick, but most of them claimed that it was ineffective and misleading. First of all, quite a few of the surfers claimed that there is no way to open the coconut on the plane, because you need a sharp object. Another claim related to the inefficiency of the move, due to the weight of the fruit and the fact that you can simply fill the bottle after the security check, or buy a new one.

On the other hand, the nutrition expert, Dr. Paul Saldino, claimed in a video he uploaded that he took ten of them in his suitcase during a flight. “Coconut water is a great source of magnesium and other good things,” he said. In addition, according to his claim, “on top of coconuts there are 3 ‘eyes,’ one of which is soft. I also bring a metal straw (allowed by the TSA), which can be used to drink the water from the coconut through the soft eye.”

Another problem with the method, beyond what we mentioned above, is that it can only work on domestic flights, today and many times it is not possible to transport fruits and vegetables between countries. For example, those who arrive even from a neighboring country, may be required to give up the exotic fruit, or undergo a more comprehensive inspection that takes time.