Northwest flight attendant grounded after grenade found in luggage

Minneapolis Star/Tribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 1/26/06

[MplsSteve]

A Northwest Airlines flight attendant has been grounded and could face charges after security personnel reported finding a real but inactive hand grenade in her carry-on luggage at Milwaukee's airport.

The 39-year-old Cordova, Tenn., woman, whose name was not released, is expected to appear today in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

[vrwc0915]

Most likely an inert non fused hunk of metal, Making a big deal out of nothing

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Before 9/11 I was able to bring a pen knife and nail clippers on board several flights.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

the attendant told deputies she purchased the grenade at an Army surplus store as a present to bring home for her son.
Apparently NW does not hire flight attendants based on brains.

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Apparently you do not have any brains.

[Billthedrill]

What's illegal about a dummy grenade? (Assuming the story is correct and it was inert)...

[WestCoastGal]

Do you remember this?

[NCjim]

She was either framed or is dumber than dirt.

[x]

Sounds like something Cotton from "King of the Hill" would do:

It's an old war souvenir, dagnabit!

[Michael.SF.]

Apparently you do not have any brains

So is that supposed to mean that carrying a "real but inactive" hand grenade through a security checkpoint is a smart thing to do?

Or are you a sensitive airline stewardess?

[EGPWS]

What's illegal about a dummy grenade?

Pick a number and your concerns will be addressed in numerical order.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I was able to get my Persian sword home from Iraq :)

In your carry on?

[MikefromOhio]

nope....

:)

Yes yes I know....

[Billthedrill]

Yer not foolin' me with that old one. "Pick up grenade. Pull pin. Throw it." OK, I threw the pin at you. Now what hap

[EGPWS]

Yer not foolin' me with that old one. "Pick up grenade. Pull pin. Throw it." OK, I threw the pin at you.

You must be a Democrat.....

[Continental Soldier]

What the hell is wrong with people like her? In a time when everyone is conscious of heightened airline security, this dope thinks it's ok to pack a hand grenade in her luggage! She should be sent to prison for her stupidity alone!

[stumpy]

There really is no crime in owning or possessing an inert (training) grenade. It doesn't become a crime until you try to make it active again which is not a simple process.

[angelsonmyside]

White female, last name Davis

[JamesP81]

Probably one of those dummies that they sell. I'm from Kentucky, and going to the army surplus store isn't considered all that weird in the south, although I imagine the more urban folk will find this bizarre.

At the least, anyone with half a brain ought to know that airline security isn't going to react to well to something like this. I don't know how a person could not realize that.

[JamesP81]

There really is no crime in owning or possessing an inert (training) grenade. It doesn't become a crime until you try to make it active again which is not a simple process.

All an inert grenade is is the metal casing. The fuse, the explosives, everything is literally removed from it. It's nothing more than a metallic casing. If you look at the bottom of them you will note that the bottom has been sawed off so the explosive inside could be removed. That's why they were standing up unassisted in the pics. Live grenades aren't shaped in a way that they can be stood up.

It really is much ado about nothing. OTOH, you have to know that that stuff isn't going to go over too well with airline security. Just common sense and all.

[DUMBGRUNT]

and she is blond!

An old math trick.

The odds against a bomb being on your flight are very high. The odds against two bombs from independent sources on your flight are astronomical. So be safe and bring your own bomb!

[Texas_Jarhead]

"...real but inactive..."

Sounds like me right about now. Seriously though, thems is some dumb verbiage.