A man traveling from Atlanta to Tokyo was able to get a gun through a TSA checkpoint and onto a Delta Air Lines flight on Jan. 2.
Two Transportation Security Administration officers were fired after a man was able to carry a gun through a security checkpoint and onto a Delta Air Lines flight earlier this month while traveling from Atlanta to Japan, NBC News has learned.
The unidentified passenger boarded a plane on Jan. 2 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with his firearm, the TSA said in a statement. The agency did not say if the gun was loaded.
The man alerted airline workers once he arrived at Tokyo Narita International Airport who in turn told the TSA, Delta Air Lines said.
Officials said the passenger “was fully cooperative with authorities.”
TSA said in a statement that the security breach was due to “standard procedures” not being followed, and dismissed the idea that it was related to workers calling out because of the shutdown, which entered day 24 on Monday.
