Ammunition magazine discovered on Frontier Airlines flight in Denver, passengers deplaned and rescreened
A gun magazine was found on Frontier Airlines Flight 4765 at Denver International Airport on Sunday evening as the aircraft prepared to depart for Phoenix. The airline's preliminary investigation indicates the magazine belonged to a law enforcement officer who left it on a previous flight. All passengers were deplaned, rescreened, and rebooked on a flight departing Monday morning; the TSA and FBI are investigating.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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ABC reports the incident as an isolated security lapse and procedural response. The Post frames it as a passenger bypassing TSA and part of a pattern of airport security failures in one week.
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“Gun magazine found on Frontier flight, passengers forced to deplane”
“Frontier flight evacuated after gun magazine found on plane in Denver — days after jet struck trespasser at same airport”
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