Another airport scare

[jjones]

I can't believe the stupidity of people. I just saw this on cnn and i tuned in in the middle of it so i apologize for missing/incorrect details.

apparently, a security person at Reno? airport said that she was threatened by a man with a knife. they almost shut down the airport and flights were delayed. it turns out that this was the reason she gave for having a double vodka on the job; she needed to calm her nerves she said. in reality, she was just drinking on the job and there was no man with a knife.

 

[rahvin]

She's gonna thinnk she's an anal porn star when they get done with her. Least she will do is lose her job and any potential of ever working in an airport again.

 

[Logix]

Airport Terminal Evacuated in Hoax

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Half the city's airport was shut down and a dozen flights were delayed because a private guard concocted a story about a security breach to cover up her drinking on the job, federal authorities said.

The FBI (news - web sites) said Cheryl Shears claimed she confiscated a 3-inch folding knife from a man who then took it back, followed her into a restroom and threatened her with a gun, ordering her not to report the incident.

Shears first told investigators she got a double vodka at a bar before reporting the incident because she was frightened, but then admitted making up the whole story to cover up her drinking, federal officials said.

She was charged with making a false official material statement, said FBI Special Agent Daron Borst. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison, he said.

Because of her initial story, the south terminal of Reno-Tahoe International Airport was cleared of all passengers for two hours Friday.

A dozen flights were delayed and at least 300 travelers had to evacuate, airport spokesman Adam Mayberry told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

``We couldn't take any chances,'' Mayberry said.

The Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) was investigating, spokesman Jerry Snyder said.

 

[Carbo]

Ya gotta give her credit for thinking on the run like that. I'm even more impressed that she could do so while under the influence.
Necessity really is the mother of invention!