Stun gun found on Boston flight

12:50 PM 07/11/2011

C.J. Ciaramella

Transportation Security Administration officials were left scratching their heads again after a cleaning crew found a stun gun on a JetBlue plane that landed late Friday in Newark.

According to the Associated Press, the stun gun was found by a crew that was cleaning Flight 1179 from Boston around 10:20 p.m. Friday, after the flight had landed and all 96 passengers were off the plane.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police removed the stun gun from the plane and gave it to the TSA, which is responsible for screening passengers.

The news comes hot on the heels of another incident in June where a Nigerian man boarded a Virgin America airplane with an invalid boarding pass.

In June, “Raising Hope” Actor Garret Dillahunt accidentally took a pocket knife through a TSA checkpoint and onto a plane.

Tags: Transportation Security Administration

mazing grace

I think this was a plant!! As was the Nigerian traveler. All in an effort to tighten this alleged security and control us just that much more. Just like “Gun Runner” was a ploy to have an excuse to put more restrictions on purchasing and owning a gun….only it backfired!! I am not a conspiracy theorist!! I’m just always right. (Sad to say!)
MTLassen

Has it occurred to anyone that this weapon probably belongs to a bozo TSA air marshal who dropped it on the plane? System failure? Absolutely. Just not in the way everyone is assuming, I’m betting. That weapon wasn’t caught during “screening” because it was intentionally allowed onboard the aircraft in the custody of an idiot.
jiminga

Putting the travelling public’s safety in the hands of minimum wage rookies makes me feel so warm and fuzzy. A box cutter, a loaded Glock, and now a stun gun. What’s next….a rocket launcher disguised as a water gun?

Anyone who has ever travelled to Germany and seen their airport security looks at the TSA as just another government clown show.
BigRmv

Well, on the bright side, the 6-year old with the Desert Eagle didn’t leave her weapon on the plane.

(Just to clarify–the TSA people are paid to do their job, aren’t they?)
CaveatEmpty

Makes ya wonder if this isn’t the evil stepchild of ‘Fast & Furious’ ?? It’s not like those jokers have *never before* been caught planting evidence to further the agenda

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BBReggie

Fortunately, no 90-year old women or young children were allowed on the plane … you know, the real terrorists that TSA spends all their time strip searching.
Rumpus6

TSA = Totally Stupid Assets
carlyt

Not really a JetBlue issue. TSA at fault here. Proves that security seems to be able to harress sick 95 year olds but not catch these real problems. I found a new site to discuss travel experiences at airlineslodgingetc.com