Report: Passenger Allowed to Board Plane After Grenades Found in Luggage

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Report: Passenger Allowed to Board Plane After Grenades Found in Luggage=0A=
Wednesday, October 08, 2008=0AADVERTISEMENT =0AIt might seem uncommon for a=
 passenger to be allowed on a plane after grenades are found in his luggage=
, but the Transportation Security Administration is standing by the procedu=
re after reportedly doing just that on Tuesday.=0AFederal airport screeners=
 found two grenades in the luggage of a man set to board a JetBlue flight a=
t New York's Kennedy airport, according to MyFOXNY.com.=0ATSA specialists t=
hen determined that the explosives were inert and allowed the passenger to =
board the plane without ever informing police, the TV station's Web site re=
ported.=0AThe TSA maintained that it=92s up to their own personnel to deter=
mine when to call police, and said the agency was reprimanded for notifying=
 authorities in a similar incident last month, MyFOXNY.com reported.=0AThe =
port authority police union told the station that this was a =93blatant dis=
regard for public safety.=94=0AClick here to see more on this story from My=
FOXNY.com.=0A

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