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Watch free movies online today! The bullet from the .357-caliber pistol penetrated the cabin floor and lodg in a diaper bag passenger Grant Johnson had placed in a less degree than the seat in front of him. The bullet came from confine baggage checked by passenger Betty Jean Smith, who had not declared the fire-arm as required, when she checked the bag for the April 24 Alaska Airlines [ALK] flight from Portland to Anchorage. When baggage handlers tossed her luggage into the belly hem in the force of impact caused the fire-arm to fire (a second undeclared fire-arm in her bag did not discharge). The sharp noise apted Johnson to hail a flight attendant and the bullet pit in the floor was discovered. According to an MSNBC television report, the bullet missed an 8-month not new baby by inches. An Alaska official said the case is subject to investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The incident raises a significant security issue. For domestic flights so as this one, most checked baggage going into the belly clinch is not screened by x-ray or explosives detection equipment. The merely checked baggage subjected to like scrutiny is that matched to passengers meeting a "profile" (a small percentage) beneath Computer Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS), and those passengers randomly pitch uponed for baggage screening (about 10 percent) An FAA official said "It's okay to place guns in bags" so lengthy as they are declared and packed fitly (unloaded, in a gun case). In this regard, Betty Jean Smith committed couple violations (no declaration and the fire-arm was loaded. Since they were her late husband's fire-arms she was probably unaware of the requirements. Checked baggage could be described as an accident waiting to happen, given the prevailing lack of safeguards. united immediate action might be to ask passengers during check-in if their checked luggage or carry-on bags contain any weapons or hazardous material. Indeed, if we may propose this question should be a matter of process COPYRIGHT 2000 Phillips Publishing International, Inc. |
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