TSA Forgot To Plug In The Scanner
Jul 26, 2016, 8:45 am
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TSA Forgot To Plug In The Scanner
http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/unplugg...port-security/
Looks like TSA forgot to plug in the scanner at LGA and several travelers entered the secure area without proper screening.
We trust TSA with our safety?
Looks like TSA forgot to plug in the scanner at LGA and several travelers entered the secure area without proper screening.
We trust TSA with our safety?
Jul 26, 2016, 8:57 am
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I assume this would be the metal detector and not the MMW as it would be pretty obvious if the MMW were not plugged in.
"Finding them took about an hour, and they all had to be brought back to the checkpoint to be properly inspected."
So they would not figure to leave their nefarious items behind as they went back to the checkpoint?
"Finding them took about an hour, and they all had to be brought back to the checkpoint to be properly inspected."
So they would not figure to leave their nefarious items behind as they went back to the checkpoint?
Jul 26, 2016, 9:22 am
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I assume this would be the metal detector and not the MMW as it would be pretty obvious if the MMW were not plugged in.
"Finding them took about an hour, and they all had to be brought back to the checkpoint to be properly inspected."
So they would not figure to leave their nefarious items behind as they went back to the checkpoint?
"Finding them took about an hour, and they all had to be brought back to the checkpoint to be properly inspected."
So they would not figure to leave their nefarious items behind as they went back to the checkpoint?
Jul 26, 2016, 10:45 am
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After checking surveillance footage, authorities determined that at least six other passengers who went unscanned were not located and were assumed to have boarded planes, police officials said.
Jul 26, 2016, 7:34 pm
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Jul 27, 2016, 8:21 am
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Don't give <redacted by moderator> the TSA any ideas...
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Jul 27, 2016, 10:24 am
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My home airport BWI has five airside concourses. A-B-C are all connected, a D-E connector is under construction (will be completed next year), and the airport authority is trying to program a C-D connector by 2018, meaning that a terminal dump would require emptying every single person from the airside half of the terminal and rescreening them all. That could delay dozens of flights in a single afternoon.