Security breach at airport prompts investigation: Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International (KATL), Atlanta, Georgia

 


ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials are examining security procedures after a video showing a security breach surfaced. 

 A video sent to CBS Atlanta News by a concerned viewer showed a woman who is standing in the cell phone lot tossing a plastic bag over a secured fence to an airline worker.

In a written statement Hartsfield-Jackson spokesperson Myrna White said, "We take seriously any potential breach of security and are investigating the incident."

People waiting in the airport's cell phone lot Monday told CBS Atlanta News that video is alarming and security needs tightening.

"It's kind of disturbing," Perrin Gleaton said.

Unlike the arrivals and departure sections of Hartsfield-Jackson which are blanketed with security directing traffic,  screening passengers and patrolling the grounds, the new cell phone lot sits largely unattended.

The lot sits mere feet from where airplanes with hundreds of passengers taxi.

Airport officials are now trying to identify the airline worker in the video.

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