Monday, January 10, 2011

Panic over dead dog.

A dead dog in a cardboard box on board a flight from Newark to Los Angeles last week sparked a bomb scare when airport security officers discovered the package hadn’t been screened.


Concerned that the carcass could contain a bomb or be a disease-carrier, security staff in Newark had to decide whether to divert the aircraft that was already at 30,000ft.

Barbara Powell, the Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Security Director at Newark Liberty International Airport, determined the risk was not sufficient to recall Continental Flight 41.

The TSA said the airline should have screened the box at its cargo facility and are considering a formal investigation.

Source: IFW

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