Security breach at DEN 5/5 afternoon?
May 5, 2011, 3:30 pm
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Security breach at DEN 5/5 afternoon?
A friend of mine posted on FB about 15 min ago that they are being held in a plane (departing, I believe) due to a security issue. Anyone know what's up? So much for the 'island of sanity' alluded to in a different post.
May 5, 2011, 4:19 pm
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May 5, 2011, 5:14 pm
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The power problem happened at about 2:30 p.m., and when officials realized some passengers had not been properly screened they shut down security and trains for about 20 minutes until those passengers could be found and returned to the gate, according to DIA.
May 5, 2011, 5:34 pm
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How could they not know if people are being screened? Surely the monitors at each screening point would go blank, right? Definately doesn't instill much confidence in the TSA, does it? Looking forward to the response from Eyecue on this "power bump".
May 5, 2011, 5:38 pm
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That was my question, too. How do you know which people have or have not been screened? (And even if you had the cameras operating, I think it would take a lot more time than this situation lasted to go through the tapes, identify the who-knows-how-many people, and then hunt them down in a crowded airport terminal.)
May 5, 2011, 5:40 pm
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I had a layover at DEN on 5/4 and had to hand my drivers license and boarding pass to TSA agents who were gate checking every passenger. I held up my DL in front of my boarding pass, instead of handing it over, and the agent asked if I had a problem. I told her that I had already given this same information to agents when I arrived at the airport so their presence at the gate checking the exact same data meant the TSAs screening was insufficient or was simply another way for the TSA to bully us.
May 5, 2011, 7:22 pm
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This should have to trusted them and not try to get another security breach. I thought they didn't have a learns some lessons? Good riddance to TSA!!!
May 5, 2011, 7:35 pm
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Man, I'm really glad I left early today. Flew out of Denver this afternoon and went through security around 11:30 AM. There was no line at all, was through in less than five minutes. Thankfully I picked that earlier flight. I'm just glad they didn't evac every terminal. I would have simply gone back to the hotel and change my flight to tomorrow.
May 6, 2011, 1:34 am
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