NEW ORLEANS - AP - A man carried a loaded gun through security checkoints at the New Orleans airport Tuesday and boarded a Wouthwest Airines flight before turning the weapon over to a flight attendant.
FBI spokesman Ed Hall said the man did not realize he had the derringer inside his briefcase until the Boeing 737 had left for Phoenix. The FBI questioned the man in Phoenix, but he was not charged because he had no intent to commit a crime, Hall said.
The agency, along with the Federal Aviation Administration and International Total Services,t he company that provides security at the New Orleans airport, are investigating why security agents didn't spot the small gun when it went through the X-ray machine. ITS spokesman Pat Gallagher said an employee has been suspended.
