German public broadcaster WDR reported that employees had identified suspicious items in a bag. These items were clearly flagged as potentially dangerous on the security monitors, and the bag should have been removed from the system. However, instead of directing the bag to a separate conveyor belt for further inspection, the hand luggage was passed along the conveyor belt back to the passenger.
The pace can be relentless, but it's all in a day's work for busy Airport Search Unit It's just after 9am in Terminal 1 of Dublin Airport, and the trays are rattling down the belt in a steady rhythm - coats, laptops, shoes, water bottles half-forgotten until the last second. Upon arrival, I can see a woman has been seated in a chair and a member of the Airport Search Unit (ASU) has pulled out a privacy screen to make sure she's OK.