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"Matthew T. Russotto" wrote:
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> In article <C6C8184D921E4419.C10188D8B523605A.365910F4881DD92C@lp.airnews.net>,
> Adam Weiss  <aw722@pdq.net> wrote:
> 
> }The answer to that is simple.
> }
> }Packages should be put through x-ray systems and sniffed by drug and
> }bomb sensing dogs.  Only if the sniffs or x-rays alert the airline to a
> }possible danger should the package be opened.
> 
> Oxygen canisters lack any such characteristic odors and x-ray
> signatures.

Which is what I adressed in the other part of my post.  My hunch is that
someone at Sabre Tech knew that the oxygen canisters were illegal and
dangerous as they were being loaded.  ValueJet was not notified of
this.  Sabre Tech was ultimately the guilty party, but in a different
airline where all cargo loading was handled by airline employees and not
contracted employees of a different company this would not have
occured.  This, in essence, is what I see as wrong with ValueJet (aka
Air Tran).

and "Lou Minatti" wrote:

> 
> Citations, please.

Sorry I can't be too specific on this one.  The Discovery Channel has
done numerous shows concerning aircraft and airport security, and I saw
this in one of those.  Again I apologize that I can't give a more
specific citation.

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