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Air carrier flight attendant reported unknowingly enter the tsa security checkpoint with a legally owned firearm in possession.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1606387 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Going through the crew security line; my purse was flagged for additional screening by tsa. I was taken to a private room immediately adjacent to the conveyor belt and asked if I knew there was a firearm in my purse. At that time; I was shocked to realize that I had made an honest mistake and unintentionally left my legally owned handgun in my purse. I had meant to leave it in my car the previous morning. However; I became distracted while rushing to work for [early morning] check-in; finding a parking spot in a nearly full garage; and forgot to remove the handgun from my purse and leave it in my car. I legally own this handgun but did not knowingly; or intentionally carry this firearm to work in my purse. I made an honest mistake by not leaving it in my car.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Attendant reported unknowingly enter the TSA security checkpoint with a legally owned firearm in possession.
Narrative: Going through the crew security line; my purse was flagged for additional screening by TSA. I was taken to a private room immediately adjacent to the conveyor belt and asked if I knew there was a firearm in my purse. At that time; I was shocked to realize that I had made an honest mistake and unintentionally left my legally owned handgun in my purse. I had meant to leave it in my car the previous morning. However; I became distracted while rushing to work for [early morning] check-in; finding a parking spot in a nearly full garage; and forgot to remove the handgun from my purse and leave it in my car. I legally own this handgun but did not knowingly; or intentionally carry this firearm to work in my purse. I made an honest mistake by not leaving it in my car.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.