Pipe bomb security failure at Edmonton airport kept quiet
Source: CBC News
Authorities withheld information about a potentially lethal security failure involving a pipe bomb at Edmonton International Airport, CBC News has learned.
Sources have told CBC that Garda, the private company hired to conduct screening at the airport, told its employees for months there was no pipe bomb incident, despite the fact an explosive device had been seized from a teenager on Sept. 20, 2013.
Garda declined an interview request from CBC.
Garda has been contracted by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to provide security services at the Edmonton airport. Earlier this month, CATSA distributed a memo to employees saying that an explosive device had been seized and a person charged, but it did not specify at which airport the incident occurred.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/pipe-bomb-security-failure-at-edmonton-airport-kept-quiet-1.2500934
Jan 17, 2014 4:00 PM MT| Last Updated: Jan 17, 2014 4:59 PM MT
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