Passenger's weapon accidentally discharged at the Atlanta airport, causing panic and halting flight

[peppertree]

The accidental discharge of a passenger's weapon in a security area of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport caused widespread panic Saturday afternoon, prompting a brief halt of departing flights over the busy travel weekend.

The passenger was going through the screening process around 1:30 p.m. when "somebody recognized that there was a weapon in the bag," airport spokesperson Andrew Gobeil told CNN's Jim Acosta.

"When either the officer went in or when the passenger went in to get it, it accidentally discharged," Gobeil said, and the loud noise created a "sense of chaos."

According to Gobeil, after the gun went off, the passenger "took off and was able to make it outside of the airport."

At: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/20/us/atlanta-airport-scare/index.html

[TigressDem]

1. WTF kind of Q-idiot puts a LOADED gun in their carry on bag? PU -- UUUGH -----LEEEEEES

PU-lease, don't let idiots fly anymore.

It's not good for anybody.

[Bev54]

2. What an idiot but so is the media, blowing this story up and covering it for hours

when they were told right away it was not an active shooter, they still brought on all their experts, keeping it going over and over. Honestly they are like dogs with a bone that will not let go, even when there is no real story.

[PSPS]

3. LOL. "no real story?" Gotcha.

Crackpot tries to smuggle a gun onto a plane, it goes off when he gets busted, he flees the airport. Nah, nothing unusual here.

[Bev54]

4. That was not the story they were covering, they were covering it as an active shooting at an airport

when they were told it was not but they kept it up.