Aug 02 2019

Second rocket launcher recovered from US service member at airport

Officials say an Air Force sergeant tried bringing home a rocket launcher tube as a souvenir at the same airport where another service member tried returning with a similar weapon this week.

The State Fire Marshal's Office in Maryland issued a statement saying the device, designed to be aircraft-mounted, was recovered at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).

It held no explosives, but it might have contained pressurised gas and couldn't go on a commercial flight.

The office said the sergeant was returning from overseas and that it will hold onto the launcher until it can be safely returned to him.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/114708316/second-rocket-launcher-recovered-from-us-service-member-at-airport