Tourist finds old grenade-like object in Okinawa, brings it on flight without problem
A student who found a grenade-like object on a beach in Okinawa seems to have proven that airport security in Okinawa may not be so great:
“I picked it up because I thought it was seashell. I then found that it might be a grenade but thought I shouldn’t leave it there. I didn’t think it might explode,” he told reporters.
The student picked up the object, corroded and covered with seaweed, on the shore in Yomitan on Okinawa Island on March 16 and he checked his baggage containing the object on a Japan Transocean Air flight from the Okinawa capital Naha to remote Ishigaki Island on Saturday.
The airline said it will look into the matter and review its safety check system.
The owner of the inn where the student was staying on Ishigaki Island realized the potential danger and notified the police. It has been left in a field until a GSDF bomb squad can come and determine whether or not it is actually an explosive device.
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This burns me up. I flew to Okinawa once and had my Swiss Army knife confiscated. I never got it back, either. And now I find that someone might have gotten away with a whole bomb!