LUBBOCK, Texas, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following press release:
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at two Ohio airports discovered prohibited replicas of explosive devices at the security checkpoint during routine screening in one week.
A training aid anti-tank mine was discovered at Dayton International Airport on June 3, and a realistic replica pipe bomb was detected at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus on June 8.
In both instances, TSA officers discovered the prohibited item in a traveler's carry-on bag. The officer immediately notified a TSA explosives specialist who determined the item was not an explosiv...