Security Lapse At Airport Leads To Arms Smuggling

Lax security at Davao Airport in the Philippines led a passenger to smuggle a hand grenade and a pistol onto a Philippine Airlines Airbus 330 bound for Manila. Investigations conducted by the airport authorities and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) revealed that weapons placed in a hand bag had...

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