@ squared : doing it that way would be a smart move instead of saying he was the ammunition owner after the stewardess already found it . But it might have triggered a violent investigation in munich how and why live ammo found its way to that aircraft. Maybe it was not an option anymore for him because the copilot already knew it was captains ammo. I personally would have flushed it down the toilet immediately and nobody would ever notice. Putting it in the waste bin is always a risk the cleaning stuff will find it.