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CAA Welcomes Guilty
Verdict For Passenger Carrying Chainsaw By Daniel Baxter |
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April 4, 2011 - The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
welcomed the conviction of an airline passenger for
attempting to carry a petrol powered chainsaw in hold
baggage on a flight out of London Gatwick airport.
Alan Hanson pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates Court
on 25 March 2011 to a breach of the Air Navigation Order
(Dangerous Goods) Regulations. He was given a
conditional discharge and ordered to pay ?1,000
prosecution costs for the incident on 24 May 2010.
Airport security staff were alerted to the smell of
petrol coming from Hanson?s baggage during the loading
process of a British Airways flight to
A
petrol powered chainsaw was subsequently discovered
amongst Hanson?s possessions, with evidence that some
petrol had leaked within the suitcase. The baggage was
offloaded and seized, whilst the passenger continued on
his journey to |
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Petrol is forbidden for carriage by air by passengers in both carry-on and checked (hold) baggage. The CAA?s Dangerous Goods Office carried out further investigations and found that the chainsaw tank did indeed contain petrol, despite claims by the passenger that it was empty. Geoff Leach, Manager of the Dangerous Goods Office, said: ?This case graphically highlights the risks some passengers are prepared to take. This chainsaw contained almost half a liter of a highly flammable liquid that had begun to leak. Passengers and crew should not be endangered in this way. Certain items and substances are banned from carriage on an aircraft for very clear reasons ? they pose an acute risk to flight safety.? |
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