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A day after a flight attendant's gun accidentally
went off in Philadelphia International Airport more information about
the gun's owner serviced Monday.
The regional airline flight attendant
who says he forgot she had a loaded weapon in her luggage when she
arrived for work Sunday morning faced a disorderly conduct charge while
the cop who accidentally fired the handgun was on desk duty Monday.
Philadelphia Police identified the
Republic Airlines (a carrier that operates flights for US Airways)
flight attendant as Jaclyn Luby, 27.
The West Chester, Pa. woman told
investigators she forgot she had the loaded .38-caliber handgun in her
carry-on as she passed through airport security at Terminal C around
6:50 a.m., according to Philadelphia Police.
A US Airways spokesman says that a
police officer was called over to check out the gun and that's when it
accidentally discharged. The bullet went into a TSA break room where an
employee was sitting but luckily no one was injured, police said.
Police say that Luby had a license to
carry the loaded weapon. Police confiscated the gun and said it was up
to the county that issued Luby the permit if she would get the handgun
back.
Luby received a summary citation for disorderly conduct, was taken into custody and released, according to court records.
"That's standard practice," said airport police Capt.
Michael Murphy. "That's what we would charge anyone with who had a
permit to carry.
A Facebook page apparently belonging
to Luby, which had the same date of birth listed as her court documents,
was taken down Monday. NBC10's attempts to reach Luby weren't
successful.
Republic Airlines refused comment when NBC10's Lu Ann Cahn asked them about the incident Monday.
The unidentified female officer who accidentally discharged the gun was placed on desk duty pending investigation, police said.
TSA tell NBC10 that 10 times last
year and seven times so far this year someone showed up to Philly
International with a gun accidentally packed in his or her bags. Earlier
this year a Phoenixville man says he forgot he had a loaded gun on him
when he went through airport security, a story NBC10 covered.
Another flight attendant was brought
on board the Dallas, Texas-bound plane Luby was supposed to be working
on and the scheduled flight arrived on time, according the airline.
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