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TSA: TV Crew Tried To Get Through Newark Airport Security Checkpoint With Fake Bomb
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — At least seven people who said they worked for a TV crew were arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport Thursday, after they allegedly tried to film themselves going through a security checkpoint with a fake explosive device. The Transportation Security Administration said Port Authority police arrested the group after officers detected a suspicious item in a carry-on bag. (newyork.cbslocal.com) Plus d'info...Those people should be prosecuted.
You know what the irony of this is?..These idiots get caught, charged and chastised (as they should be) and yet an older woman, "US's Serial Stowaway", has managed to sneak onto flights not once but 3x successfully, the latest an ORD-LHR flight on January 15th. This Newark incident happened 3 days later..."Hey dummies..you don't think the TSA would have stepped up security a bit more after a 66 yr old passed by them, again?"..obviously this "news crew" didn't get that memo.
You would think that the airlines would have 2 people at the gate, one to scan the boarding pass and another to ensure no one gets to the jetway without getting scanned. Once at the plane door, the FAs should be checking passes again. We know that someone does a headcount before the door is shut, but lavatories should be checked to ensure that no one is in them. It isn't rocket science to prevent stowaways, at least in the cabin.
True..but the point I am making is..how did she get past TSA security checkpoints without a boarding pass or ticket?
The even bigger question is why is not facial recognition software being used at all airports to find people who might be a problem such as this woman and catch her before she even gets to the security checkpoint? No one in public has any expectation of privacy except on their own electronic devices.
Facial recognition software isn't perfected enough yet for that purpose.
Ding Ding Ding the alarm goes off and a nice young man checked it out!. He showed me what it looked like on the screen and WOW, stupid me didn't have a clue but it looked just like 2 sticks of dynamite with wires!
Good for them and I learn an innocent lesson!