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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 4:48 pm
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Originally Posted by ND Sol
I am somewhat confused as to what happened. Why would the TSA go on to an airplane to pull someone off if he had already cleared security with these "prohibited" items? Shouldn't the issue have been raised and resolved at the screening checkpoint?
I found out from talking to him further that it was TSA and AS that had the Ketchikan PD board the plane & take him off. The batteries were in checked bags so checkpoint screening was not involved.
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