Pilot loses his gun in mix-up over bag
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January 16, 2011, Sunday
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A JetBlue pilot lost his government-issued handgun after a passenger mistakenly picked up his carry-on luggage, US authorities said on Friday.
The pilot was waiting for his New York-to-Pittsburgh flight at Kennedy Airport on Thursday morning when a passenger who was traveling with children mistakenly picked up his backpack along with her family's bags, an official familiar with the incident said.
The passenger boarded a flight to West Palm Beach, Florida. When she realized the bag was not hers, she told a flight attendant, and it was returned, the official said.
The Transportation Security Administration said the gun was locked so that it could not fire.
The pilot was waiting for his New York-to-Pittsburgh flight at Kennedy Airport on Thursday morning when a passenger who was traveling with children mistakenly picked up his backpack along with her family's bags, an official familiar with the incident said.
The passenger boarded a flight to West Palm Beach, Florida. When she realized the bag was not hers, she told a flight attendant, and it was returned, the official said.
The Transportation Security Administration said the gun was locked so that it could not fire.
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