Commuter Flights Grounded Thanks To Bumbling TSA Inspector
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“The brilliant employees used an instrument located just belowthe cockpit window that is critical to the operation of the onboard computers,” one pilot wrote on an American Eagle internet forum.”They decided this instrument, the TAT probe, would be adequate to use as a ladder.”
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TSA conducts routine spot inspections of aircraft parkedat commercial airports, according to agency spokesman Elio Montenegro. “Our inspector was following routine procedure for securing the aircraft that were on the tarmac,” Montenegro said, adding the inspector was attempting to determine whether someone could break into the parked planes.