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Pilot Caught With Handgun at New York Airport
22 January 2003
Reuters
NEW YORK — A pilot for Northwest Airlines was arrested at New York's LaGuardia airport on Tuesday and charged with illegal possession of a loaded handgun, an airport spokesman said.
The 9 mm semiautomatic was found by federal authorities in the carry-on luggage of pilot Robert Donaldson as he passed a security checkpoint early in the morning, law enforcement officials said.
"Mr. Donaldson was charged with criminal possession of a handgun and was taken to Queens... (GunPolicy.org)