Now this is scary!! Proves once again that airport security is a joke.

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By: Whiskey Delta - 27th May 2005 at 04:13

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4513498/detail.html

2 Men Arrested Allegedly Trying To Board Plane With Guns
Men Allegedly Posing As Police Officers

PHILADELPHIA -- Two people were arrested Thursday night for allegedly trying to board a plane with guns at Philadelphia International Airport.

NBC 10 News has learned, and the FBI has confirmed that the men were just one step away from boarding an American Airlines flight sometime after 8 p.m. Thursday.

Sources told NBC 10 News that Timothy Robinson, of Philadelphia, and Steven Lundy, of Roselle, N.J., cleared the first checkpoint and were headed toward the airplane when an American Airlines representative looked at their paperwork and saw that the men were posing as police officers. The representative felt uncomfortable because she didn't think that they were really police officers, so she called the police department.

FBI agents said that the two men showed airport officials fake badges and fake police identification cards to clear security with the loaded handguns. They also filled out paperwork claiming that they were private police. Authorities said one gun was a .357 Magnum and the second gun was a 9 mm.

The Transportation and Safety Administration launched an investigation and the FBI arrested both men.

Robinson and Lundy were taken to the federal building in downtown Philadelphia Friday and were arraigned on charges connected to posing as polce officers and attempting to board an airplane with firearms.

The investigation is continuing.

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By: wysiwyg - 28th May 2005 at 09:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

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By: Airline owner - 28th May 2005 at 10:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

My God, millions of dollars/pounds have been spent on security - modern security and yet people managed to get so close to a plane with fake police badges. This is unbelievable.

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By: andrewm - 28th May 2005 at 17:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

In UK Police have to "prebook" with Airport Police if they are going through (Airport Police dont have to). Only exceptions is for Police for people under special protection who dont "prebook" as to safe guard the person under protection.