Stun Gun Found On Jet Blue Plane At Newark Airport

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Published Jul 11, 2011

Modified Jul 11, 2011

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Great! Just over a week after it was revealed that a man without a valid ID (or valid boarding pass) managed to get on a JFK-LA flight, now it's reported that a stun gun was found in a seat on a Jet Blue plane that landed at Newark Airport on Friday. My Fox NY "obtained" the Striker 1800 stun gun from sources who "say they suspect that the stun gun got through screening at Logan Airport in Boston." This really bodes well for body bomb screening.

Apparently a cleaning crew found the stun gun in a back pocket after the passengers and crew left the plane; the cleaners contacted the Port Authority police and TSA. Jet Blue confirmed the incident to My Fox NY and said it was cooperating.

And for what it's worth, the family of a man killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks claims that lax security at Logan Airport that day contributed to the tragedy.