The Transportation Security Administration at Syracuse's Hancock International Airport made a startling discovery in a carry on bag at a security checkpoint.
An Oneida County woman was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers with a handgun loaded with three bullets in her carry-on bag at Syracuse-Hancock International Airport on Wednesday.
Federal security officers caught 14 handguns last year at checkpoints in four upstate New York airports. That's a decrease of two from the previous year.
A new checkpoint procedure is being launched at airports nationwide because of an increased threat to aviation security, and Transportation Security Administration officials are headed to Hancock International Airport in Syracuse as part of the rollout.
A Transportation Security Administration screener has been fired after authorities say she missed a loaded handgun in a passenger's carry-on bag at Atlanta's airport.