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During aircraft cleaning air carrier ground crew found one live shotgun shell between seats. Possible flight delay occurs to have airport security check aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 362645 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 362645 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Location: at fll gate. After passenger deplaning, cabin cleaners found unexploded shotgun ammunition between seats. One shell only. Called security. Searched entire aircraft cabin for possibility of additional ammunition and or armament. No additional contraband was found. Departed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING ACFT CLEANING ACR GND CREW FOUND ONE LIVE SHOTGUN SHELL BTWN SEATS. POSSIBLE FLT DELAY OCCURS TO HAVE ARPT SECURITY CHK ACFT.
Narrative: LOCATION: AT FLL GATE. AFTER PAX DEPLANING, CABIN CLEANERS FOUND UNEXPLODED SHOTGUN AMMUNITION BTWN SEATS. ONE SHELL ONLY. CALLED SECURITY. SEARCHED ENTIRE ACFT CABIN FOR POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL AMMUNITION AND OR ARMAMENT. NO ADDITIONAL CONTRABAND WAS FOUND. DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
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.