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Pilot arrested at Buffalo airport with loaded gun in bag

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Pilot arrested at Buffalo airport with loaded gun in bag

While it is possible to carry a loaded weapon on an aircraft , this privilege is restricted to certain approved individuals with the proper clearance.

There is also a specific procedure that must be followed in order to gain the proper permission to carry the weapon on any flight. Recently a Piedmont Airlines Pilot was caught carrying a gun onto his own flight without the required permit to do so.

The full article can be read here:  http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/05/piedmont-pilot-arrested-in-buffalo-with-loaded-gun-in-bag/1?csp=34travel

A Virginia-based Piedmont Airlines pilot was arrested today at the Buffalo airport for trying to bring a loaded .357 Magnum aboard a LaGuardia-bound flight.

Authorities said he had flown seven other flights since Wednesday with the gun in his bag, the Buffalo News says.

Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Va., was charged after a Transportation Security Administration screener spotted what appeared to be a handgun concealed in his carry-on this morning. The bag apparently did not pass through X-ray screening Wednesday in Charlottesville, Va., where he piloted a flight to LaGuardia. Piedmont is a subsidiary of US Airways.

(via Instapaper)

Pilot arrested at Buffalo airport with loaded gun in bag

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