Had a suspicious article, a brief case in fact, left on a seat durig a transit stop a few years ago.
What's suspicious about a brief case I hear some one ask?
The
Welcome to PA advised pax to take personal belongings and not to leave anything on the seat, or in the seat pocket. The case was on a seat that was unoccupied. There was no name tag on the case, and, a wire, or part of a spring could be seen at one of the two combination locks.
Interestingly the Ground Ops folks wanted us the carry it into the terminal and they'd search for the owner.
The AFP blokes asked us to leave the aeroplane, grabbed their portable x-ray equipment, x-rayed the bag in situ, and we were under way with only a 12 minute delay.
Our security blokes musta been 60 times more efficient that the ones in Perth, 'ey?
