Another 'bullets in the luggage' incident, this stuff is a big deal overseas.
I had a colleague detained in SIN a few years ago in a similar incident.
Hohn is apparently the former wing commander at Altus AFB in Oklahoma.
(Reuters) - FedEx Corp on Thursday said that Chinese authorities in the southern city of Guangzhou detained and later released one of its pilots on bail.
The pilot was taken into custody “after an item was found in his luggage prior to a commercial flight. We are working with the appropriate authorities to gain a better understanding of the facts,” FedEx said in a statement.
The pilot, identified as former U.S. Air Force pilot Todd Hohn, was detained a week ago at the Guangzhou airport, a FedEx regional hub, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing a lawyer for the pilot’s family. That report said that when Hohn was detained, his checked bag contained nonmetallic pellets used in low-power replica air guns.
FedEx, which gets about a third of its revenue from outside the United States, has been ensnared in tensions between the United States and China.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...-idUSKBN1W42AD