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TSA Screw-ups (was La Guardia misses Stun Gun & Knife)
"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message ... "Air" wrote in message ... Woman passes airport security with stun gun, knife Sunday, January 25, 2004 Posted: 2:03 PM EST (1903 GMT) DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A woman passed through security screening at New York's LaGuardia Airport with a stun gun and knife in her purse -- but later discovered the mistake herself and alerted authorities. The woman realized she was carrying the items after a short layover in Detroit and on her way to Denver. "She immediately went, 'Oh, my God, I'm not supposed to have these here,' and called the flight attendant over," said Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Laura Bennett. The pilot alerted Denver International Airport; police met the plane at the gate and took the woman into custody for questioning. She was released without charges. "She did the right thing by giving up the items voluntarily, and she was never malicious," Bennett said. "We never considered her a threat." Transportation Security Administration officials had no comment on the security slip. TSA official Darrin Kayser said the agency would investigate. It's OK for some and not others it seems. -- Pam So why did they confiscate a box of (normal safety) matches from me a LHR this morning (at AA checkin) ? I thought they had stopped that stupid nonsense (at least in the UK). I went through Chicago O'Hare a few months ago. My Computer case was flagged for inspection. A girl took my case, and discovered that she had lost her detector wand. She handed me the case and said "go ahead". So I went to my gate, & flew out. |
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TSA Screw-ups (was La Guardia misses Stun Gun & Knife)
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:35:04 GMT, "Jim Davis Sr"
wrote: [ Snip ] I went through Chicago O'Hare a few months ago. My Computer case was flagged for inspection. A girl took my case, and discovered that she had lost her detector wand. She handed me the case and said "go ahead". So I went to my gate, & flew out. That wouldn't have been a problem if the flag was for the random inspection numbers (e.g. "you shall swipe X% of bags") as opposed to "Something funny about this bag, check it out" (where it obviously would have been an issue). If the secondary swiping was just for the random numbers, they just make it up with another bag. The key is the randomization: you couldn't have predicted that you *wouldn't* have been swiped! Malc. |
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