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And they still Give Flight Crews a Hard Time Gotta Love it
Homeless Man Thwarts STL Security, Found Napping On Plane
Incident Termed A 'Hiccup' By Officials Two contract security guards at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, MO were suspended this week, after a homeless man was found sleeping onboard a parked regional jet. KTVI-2 reports the man was able to slip past the two Whalen Security officers Wednesday morning, as they inspected a vehicle at a perimeter checkpoint. The 58-year-old homeless man was later found sleeping onboard a Trans States Airlines CRJ. Local police called the incident a "hiccup" in airport security, according to KMOV-4. But airline analyst Mel Burkart said that doesn't begin to describe it. "Obviously it was a thoughtless breach of security," said Burkart. "The potential is there. You know you have an airport like St. Louis that has hundreds of acres of ground and it has a fence up all the way around it but it's not monitored and it's not under total security vigilance day and night." Airline employees found the man. TSA officials said the incident made clear the importance of "layered" security -- where airport, airline, and TSA officials are all watching for signs of something amiss. "We all recognize that these layers are important because no single layer is 100 percent full proof, 100 percent of the time," said TSA spokewoman Carrie Harmon. |
Originally Posted by Blkflyer
(Post 383100)
Homeless Man Thwarts STL Security, Found Napping On Plane
Incident Termed A 'Hiccup' By Officials Two contract security guards at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, MO were suspended this week, after a homeless man was found sleeping onboard a parked regional jet. KTVI-2 reports the man was able to slip past the two Whalen Security officers Wednesday morning, as they inspected a vehicle at a perimeter checkpoint. The 58-year-old homeless man was later found sleeping onboard a Trans States Airlines CRJ. Local police called the incident a "hiccup" in airport security, according to KMOV-4. But airline analyst Mel Burkart said that doesn't begin to describe it. "Obviously it was a thoughtless breach of security," said Burkart. "The potential is there. You know you have an airport like St. Louis that has hundreds of acres of ground and it has a fence up all the way around it but it's not monitored and it's not under total security vigilance day and night." Airline employees found the man. TSA officials said the incident made clear the importance of "layered" security -- where airport, airline, and TSA officials are all watching for signs of something amiss. "We all recognize that these layers are important because no single layer is 100 percent full proof, 100 percent of the time," said TSA spokewoman Carrie Harmon. |
Originally Posted by Blkflyer
(Post 383103)
BTW I didnt Know Trans State had CRJs
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
(Post 383105)
Trans States HOLDINGS has CRJ's... :mad:
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New Street Captain For gojet?
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I'm not sure even the homeless in STL would stoop so low as to work for gojets...
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Originally Posted by Blkflyer
(Post 383100)
Local police called the incident a "hiccup" in airport security,
TSA officials are all watching for signs of something amiss. Too busy searching my bag for a tube of toothpaste that was more than 3 oz. |
Originally Posted by Blkflyer
(Post 383100)
Airline employees found the man. TSA officials said the incident made clear the importance of "layered" security -- where airport, airline, and TSA officials are all watching for signs of something amiss.
"We all recognize that these layers are important because no single layer is 100 percent full proof, 100 percent of the time," said TSA spokewoman Carrie Harmon. |
They sure it wasn't a Mesa CRJ?
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So they arrested the captain?
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