"Screener overlooks airline ID, so feds shut down checkpoints"

Saturday, October 8, 2005

Screener overlooks airline ID, so feds shut down checkpoints 
The Tacoma (WA) News Tribune

 
Security checkpoints at Sea-Tac Airport were shut down for about half an
hour Friday after a federal screener thought someone had improperly entered
a secured area. 

Turns out the person was a Northwest Airlines employee with proper
identification, said airport spokeswoman Katie Nowlin. The screener just
didn't get a good look at the ID, Nowlin said.

Transportation Security Administration employees closed checkpoints to the
departure gates about 4:25 p.m. while they tracked down the employee, she
said. The checkpoints were reopened about 5 p.m., Nowlin said.

Planes set to take off during that time were held.

"We didn't let passengers board for about a half-hour, so there may have
been slight delays," she said. 


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