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Passenger finds loaded magazine with mysterious inscription on Atlanta plane, FBI notified
Passengers were evacuated and screened after a loaded magazine with 10 hollow-point rounds was found; only federal agents may carry loaded magazines on planes, officials said.
- On Sunday around 4:30 p.m., a passenger found a loaded magazine with ten hollow point rounds near seat 7A during boarding at Gate C-6, prompting deplaning and a full security sweep at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
- Investigators noted the magazine bore the initials 'K H' and was found during boarding for a Cincinnati flight; ownership remains unconfirmed, and reports indicated the law enforcement officer connection is unverified.
- Authorities coordinated a sweep with Homeland Security agents, TSA, APD, and Atlanta Police K-9 units, found no other items, and the ammunition was taken into custody with the FBI notified.
- Passenger Terry Foster said he had never heard of an incident like it as evacuated passengers expressed surprise; officers reported no injuries or arrests and TSA re-screened all before the 7:56 PM departure.
- Atlanta police are investigating, the FBI was called, and an APD source told FOX 5 Atlanta investigators have not confirmed who the magazine belonged to.
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