From Fox5 Atlanta: A loaded firearm magazine found on a Frontier Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport prompted a security scare Sunday afternoon, leading to an investigation by local and federal authorities.
Atlanta police said officers were called around 4:32 p.m. after a passenger discovered what appeared to be a loaded magazine with 10 hollow-point rounds near seat 7A on an Airbus A320 parked at Gate C-6 in Concourse C. The flight had just arrived from Cincinnati and was being prepared for its return trip when the discovery was made. The magazine was marked with the initials “K H.”
The pilot announced a security sweep after the discovery, telling passengers, “We need to do a security sweep. We’re going to get everyone off the airplane.”
TSA agents re-screened every passenger and searched the aircraft alongside K-9 units, Homeland Security, and Frontier staff. No additional items of concern were found, and the flight departed safely for Cincinnati at 7:56 p.m.
The entire debacle caused a nearly 4-hour delay.
Frontier Airlines later released the following statement:
“We can confirm that on Sunday, Nov. 9, during the boarding process for Flight 4771 from Atlanta to Cincinnati, a passenger discovered a loaded ammunition magazine near her seat. Customers were asked to deplane while a security sweep of the aircraft was conducted, along with additional passenger screening prior to the flight’s departure.
A subsequent investigation confirmed that the ammunition belonged to a law enforcement officer who was on an earlier flight on the same aircraft. The ammunition and magazine were taken into the custody of the Atlanta Police Department and the property owner was referred to Atlanta P.D. to retrieve his items.”
The report notes that police have not confirmed the airlines’s statement about who the ammo magazine may have belonged to.
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