US EditionMissing Oscar Statuette Found in Germany After JFK Airport Dispute
Lufthansa said the 8.5-pound statuette was found and is in its care after TSA agents required it to be checked as luggage.
- On Wednesday, JFK Airport TSA agents forced filmmaker Pavel Talankin to check his 8.5 lb Oscar statuette as luggage before his Lufthansa flight to Germany, but the award went missing upon arrival in Frankfurt.
- Talankin, who has flown a dozen times with the trophy without incident, was told by TSA officials the 13.5-inch Oscar could be used as a "weapon." Co-director David Borenstein described the airport ordeal as a "big scene."
- Executive producer Robin Hessman questioned why the award was treated differently, arguing the situation "wouldn't have happened to Leonardo DiCaprio." TSA overruled Lufthansa staff's proposal to store the statuette in the cockpit.
- Lufthansa confirmed the missing Academy Award has been located in Frankfurt and is running a "comprehensive internal search," working to return the trophy as quickly as possible.
- Winning Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, the film "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" examines propaganda in Russian schools, while Talankin, living in exile, was designated a "foreign agent" by Russian authorities.
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Oscar Winner's Statuette Found by Airline After TSA Dispute Causes It to Go Missing in Checked Luggage
Filmmaker Pavel “Pasha” Talankin was traveling internationally with his Oscar statuette for this year's Best Documentary Feature film 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' when TSA forced the trophy to be checked claiming it was a potential security concern. It then went missing, but has since been found, a spokesperson for Lufthansa tells PEOPLE.
German airline Lufthansa said on Friday it had apologized to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin for the loss of his Oscar statuette.
New York. After being forced to bill his Academy award on a transatlantic flight, the Oscar of the recent winner Pavel Talankin disappeared before an airline located him two days later.
Filmmaker Pavel Talankin's Oscar Goes Missing After TSA Forces Check-In At JFK— Then Found In Germany
Pavel Talankin's Oscar briefly disappeared after TSA agents at New York's JFK Airport required the Russian filmmaker to check the prized statuette before his Lufthansa flight to Germany. TSA Security Dispute Leads To Missing Oscar Scare Talankin, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin," was traveling Wednesday from New York to Frankfurt when airport security reportedly stopped him from bringing the 8.5-pound gold s…
Oscar lost, found, after director forced to check it on flight
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