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2nd Rocket Launcher Recovered From US Service Member At BWI

This image released by the Office of the State Fire Marshal's in Maryland, shows a rocket launcher tube that was seized at baggage area, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport near Baltimore. The launch tube was brought back on a military flight by an Air Force sergeant as a souvenir from their service abroad. This is the second recovered rocket launcher military souvenir seized at the airport this week. (Office of the State Fire Marshal's via AP)

Officials say an Air Force sergeant tried bringing home a rocket launcher tube as a souvenir at the same airport where another service member tried returning with a similar weapon this week.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office in Maryland issued a statement saying the device, designed to be aircraft-mounted, was recovered Thursday at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

It held no explosives, but it might have contained pressurized gas and couldn’t go on a commercial flight.

The office said the sergeant was returning from overseas and that it will hold onto the launcher until it can be safely returned to him.

Federal officials said they found a similar device Monday. The unidentified traveler said he was in the military and returning from Kuwait.

No arrests were made in either case.

(AP)



2 Responses

  1. This is so stupid. These are one-time use tubes that have been used already. They are basically empty pipes. The article says they may have “pressurized gas”. So check, and then if it doesn’t have gas let the poor guy who just spent a year in the desert fighting terrorists take his souvenir home.

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