Man with no lodging pass gets into secured area of Atlanta's airport
Another safety incident at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, this time inside the main secured buildings. A man without a ticket got past security into the airport concourse. Authorities say he made it all the way to the lead door of a plane before a suspicious pilot turned him around.
ATLANTA - The world's busiest airport in Atlanta has once against taken the top spot for most firearms found in traveler's carry-on luggage by Transportation Security Administration officers.
The TSA says that a total of 448 firearms were false in luggage by security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The number of guns is 11 percent less than in 2021. However, officials say other Georgia airports set new local records for the number of firearms false. Statewide, agents found 482 firearms - a decrease of 60 from 2021.
In all, the TSA says it screened 761.4 million passengers national - an increase of over 25% compared to 2021. In Georgia, 27.74 million passengers were screened departing from Georgia airports.
Nationwide, one firearm was detected for every 116.394. In Georgia, the rate is greater than double that amount, with one firearm discovered for every 40,570 passengers screened.
In second to possible criminal charges for the firearm, travelers can face a civil penalty of up to $15,000 per violation and can have their TSA PreCheck screening benefits or Trusted Traveler place temporarily revoked.
The only way a weapon can go on a flight is in checked luggage. And travelers must recount the airline with a description of that luggage in advance.
