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Air carrier first officer says an airport security guard missed seeing a can of mace being carried by a passenger because he was concentrating on a flight crew search at the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 190187 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : okc |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 190187 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Flight crew was in the process of being intensely searched (empty pockets, hand screening,...) at security screening point. During this process, the guards were ignoring the passengers walking through the metal detector. 1 passenger put her can of mace in the basket, walked through the metal detector, and picked up the can and proceeded to airplane. Guards confiscated the mace only after being alerted by the first officer. No weapons were found on the crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FO SAYS AN ARPT SECURITY GUARD MISSED SEEING A CAN OF MACE BEING CARRIED BY A PASSENGER BECAUSE HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON A FLC SEARCH AT THE GATE.
Narrative: FLC WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INTENSELY SEARCHED (EMPTY POCKETS, HAND SCREENING,...) AT SECURITY SCREENING POINT. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE GUARDS WERE IGNORING THE PASSENGERS WALKING THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR. 1 PASSENGER PUT HER CAN OF MACE IN THE BASKET, WALKED THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR, AND PICKED UP THE CAN AND PROCEEDED TO AIRPLANE. GUARDS CONFISCATED THE MACE ONLY AFTER BEING ALERTED BY THE FO. NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND ON THE CREW.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.