Missing gun shuts down DIA concourse
The Associated Press
DENVER — Up to a dozen flights were delayed and a concourse was sealed off on Saturday when an FBI agent reported his weapon and credentials were missing, but they were found 30 minutes later in a restaurant where he had eaten.
The agent, whose name was not released, apparently lost track of his bag containing the items when he left the restaurant on Concourse B to make a phone call, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Mike Fierberg said.
The agent alerted police around 3:35 p.m., and all planes at the concourse gates were held and passengers were not allowed to leave or enter the concourse, Fierberg said.
“It had the potential to be something serious. Fortunately it wasn’t, except for that poor FBI agent who’s going to have some explaining to do,†Fierberg said.
Normal operations resumed after the bag was located.
FBI spokeswoman Ann Atanasio said she had no details on the weapon or what action the agent might face. She declined to say where the agent was based but said it was not Denver.
Airport spokesman Steve Snyder said Saturday afternoons are among the slowest travel periods of the week and the delays had a minimal effect.
Meanwhile, Frontier Airlines reported an irate passenger locked herself in an airplane lavatory during a Denver-bound flight on Saturday. The plane landed in Denver safely, and Frontier did not expect to press charges, airline spokesman Joe Hodas said.
