Friday
10 Aug 2007
Security Breach at Charlotte Airport
By Annie Jacobsen in category Airport Security & Screening
CNN reports that a man "went around security on Concourse C" of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The TSA will not release details about how the man bypassed security, but says it is reviewing videotape. The man remains at large. TSA spokesman John Allen told The Associated Press, "it's too soon to say whether there was malicious intent or whether it was someone who was confused."
If all it takes to bypass federal security at an international airport is a state of confusion, we're all in trouble. From CNN:
The incident caused problems for passengers on some flights. The TSA said seven planes were searched afterward. The man was not found, and the airport later was cleared.
Passengers on another 15 planes that took off after the breach will have to go through screening again when they reach their destinations, the TSA said.