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ABC News: TSA Agents Damage Nine Planes at O'Hare Field
abcnews.go.com — Nine American Eagle airplanes were grounded Tuesday after a TSA inspector, conducting an overnight security check, used sensitive instrument probes to climb onto the parked aircraft at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, aviation sources tell ABCNews.com.
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- thecatcantalk, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Well, at least now we know that anyone who attempts to clamber up onto a plane and plant a limpet mine by using external sensors as a ladder, won't go undetected...he might succeed in mining the plane but it won't have any passengers in it, or be airborne, when it goes off. Unless the device is rigged to explode at a certain high altitude, and no one thinks to check the fuselage for Cylon devices, lol.
The inspector may have been an idiot, but it's good to know that it'll now be a prudent preflight precaution, to inspect the fuselage after repairing a defective sensor. Might save some lives, sometime. - MentalMindfield, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1I particularly like the pilot's quote, in which he referred to this employee as a "brilliant employee." Do I detect a note of sarcasm?
- Balt, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1This just shows the quality of people hired and trained by TSA to supposedly protect us. Pitot tubes and weather vanes, among other equipment on the side of an aircraft are not supposed to be even touched. They include markings and indicators stating that they are not a step. TSA should train it's employees regarding the sensitive parts of an aircraft that are not supposed to be interfered with. Checking for security breaches should not include damaging the aircraft and endangering the traveling public. Sadly, the TSA only know to cover it's butts and point out the breach and how many fines they will levy against the airline instead of dealing with their employees. We should not expect this from a private security firm, nor should we expect this from a government security firm. However, since we're talking about the TSA, they will not take responsibility for their actions, even when they cost the airlines money.
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