Inert Grenade Found at Sky Harbor Airport
October 11, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
According to local news reports, seven flights were delayed today at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport after the discovery of a hand grenade inside a package. The package was removed within an hour and it was determined that the grenade was not live.
Although this report states the TSA is still in the process of determining who the package belongs to, ABC News 15 reports that the owner of the luggage was taken for further questioning by airport officials.
Passenger Allowed to Board Plane After Grenades Found in Luggage
October 9, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
It might seem uncommon for a passenger to be allowed on a plane after grenades are found in his luggage, but the Transportation Security Administration is standing by the procedure after reportedly doing just that on Tuesday.
Federal airport screeners found two grenades in the luggage of a man set to board a JetBlue flight at New York’s Kennedy airport, according to MyFOXNY.com.
TSA specialists then determined that the explosives were inert and allowed the passenger to board the plane without ever informing police, the TV station’s Web site reported.
The TSA maintained that it’s up to their own personnel to determine when to call police, and said the agency was reprimanded for notifying authorities in a similar incident last month, MyFOXNY.com reported.
The port authority police union told the station that this was a “blatant disregard for public safety.”
JetBlue Reopens At JFK After Antique Hand Grenade Scare
September 22, 2008 by national
Filed under Stories of Interest
The JetBlue terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has reopened after being evacuated early Monday morning due to reports of a suspicious package.
According to sources, it was spotted at the JetBlue terminal just before 7:55 a.m. The package turned out to be two World War II antique hand grenades wrapped in a passenger’s suitcase.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Chris White said some inert grenades were found, but the passenger was questioned and security forces deemed the situation suitable for travelers.
JetBlue spokeswoman Alison Eshelman says passengers returned inside Terminal 6 at 8:15 a.m. Monday.
She says the package turned out to be WWII replica paper weights that resembled grenades. Scanners spotted them in a passenger’s luggage, and the terminal was emptied around 7:50 a.m.
