The stun gun was discovered in the seat pocket on a JetBlue flight from Boston to New Jersey after it had already landed. The crew was cleaning the plane when someone noticed something tucked into the back of the seat. No one knows who it belongs to, how it evaded TSA security and why it was still on the plane after it landed. Port Authority authorities say there’s no indication that the weapon was ever fired and has placed the investigation into the hands of the TSA and FBI.
So how did a stun gun get onto the aeroplane? I think the answer is obvious, it’s the sucktitude of the TSA. This sort of thing happens to them! Remember, the TSA once let a real flipping gun board a plane. They search kids after the fact. Put stolen iPads down their pants. After how many more incidents of ineptitude do we stop giving the TSA a pass? [AP, Image Credit: Fox News]
Pattus
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 2:15 PMThis might get me on the TSA’s watch-list but on a trip from LA to Hawaii in 2009 I found a pair of 5″ scissors in my back pocket but not until I had landed and sat down in my rental car.
I had been at the Post Office and used them to pack and tape a box and then rushed directly to LAX.
I don’t know how I got through the no-shoes security scan with them or why I didn’t notice them on the flight over, however I’m eternally glad I didn’t pat my back pocket and pull them out in LAX some of those security guys look fast as bunnies.
DodgeyBrothers
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 2:23 PMI think TSA have yet to find anything slightly potentially linked to any ‘t3rr0rist’ items. They can find the 2 yr olds, the grannies in wheel chairs and the foil packed snacks, but never so much as a hint of destruction capable gear.
Franz
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:27 PMOnce again the whole system just failed.