Airline luggage went unscanned in Denver

By Bea Karnes, News First 5

Posted : Mar 8, 2010 11:33 AM
Updated: Mar 8, 2010 11:34 AM

Denver airport officials say hundreds of bags were loaded onto airplanes in late December without being run through security scanners.

The Transportation Security Administration says it's investigating.

Denver International Airport Manager of Aviation Kim Day says the incident involved "a couple thousand" bags. An airport memo indicates the bags bypassed scanners because of a human error in programming a computer.The unscanned bags went on United Airlines flights.

The breach was first reported by KMGH-TV in Denver.

Rating: 4.0 (1 vote)
Bookmark and Share

Not registered? Enter your information. You will be sent a confirmation email.


Please keep your comments relevant. Inflamatory or offensive comments will be removed. Email addresses are NEVER displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

New users will be sent an email to confirm their comments. If you choose to create an account, a subsequent email will be sent with a password to login. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and it will automatically be made a link. Paragraph and line spacing is automatically maintained, so there is no need to use <p> or <br /> tags. All other HTML tags are removed, including <img>.

Commented Stories

Most Popular of the Last Week

Sponsored Content