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Sunday, July 11, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.
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The Times collected 100 media reports of airport-security breaches since fall 2002, when TSA screeners took over. Screeners say that's a fraction of the incidents, and most are never disclosed.
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View breaches by state:
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North Carolina
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Breach description |
| Raleigh-Durham Int'l Airport |
A man set off a walk-through metal detector then left the checkpoint without additional screening. The terminal was closed for about an hour. Officials found the man, who said he did not realize he was being called back to the checkpoint. The man was rescreened and allowed onto his flight. [11/03/2002]
Source: Airport Security Report
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| Raleigh-Durham Int'l Airport |
This is one of six incidents in which Nathaniel Heatwole, 20, a junior at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., snuck small plastic bags containing box cutters, bleach, matches and modeling clay onto Southwest Airlines planes. In four cases, including this one, he left the items behind in airplane bathrooms. Intending to challenge checkpoint security procedures, he brought the items through screening checkpoints at Raleigh-Durham and at Baltimore/Washington International Airport between February and mid-September. He also e-mailed TSA's contact center, claiming responsibility and providing his phone number and e-mail address. His e-mail wasn't acted on for about a month, until after items were found on this plane and one other. The items on this plane were found Oct. 16 on a flight to New Orleans. Technicians found the ""stash"" behind a bathroom access panel, after a pilot reported a bathroom problem on the flight. Heatwole was arrested Oct. 20 and charged with one count of carrying a concealed, dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft. His charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor, and he was sentenced last month to two years supervised probation and fined $500. Heatwole, now 21, also must serve 100 hours of community service and reimburse his parents for up to $500 in legal fees. [9/12/2003]
Source: Airport Security Report, Time magazine, The Associated Press, Transportation Security newsletter
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| Raleigh-Durham Int'l Airport |
This is the first of six incidents in which Nathaniel Heatwole, 20, a junior at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., snuck small plastic bags containing box cutters, bleach, matches and modeling clay onto Southwest Airlines planes. In four cases, he left the items behind in airplane bathrooms. Intending to challenge checkpoint security procedures, he brought the items through screening checkpoints at Raleigh-Durham and at Baltimore/Washington International Airport between February and mid-September. He also e-mailed the TSA, claiming responsibility and providing his phone number and e-mail address. That e-mail wasn’t acted on for about a month, until after items were found on two planes. Heatwole was arrested in October and charged with one felony count of carrying a concealed, dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft. His charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, and he was sentenced last month to two years supervised probation and fined $500. Heatwole, now 21, also must serve 100 hours of community service and reimburse his parents for up to $500 in legal fees. [2/07/2003]
Source: Airport Security Report, Time magazine, The Associated Press, Transportation Security newsletter
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