CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have confiscated a loaded handgun from the carry-on bag of a passenger flying out of the Buffalo airport.
The Transportation Security Administration says an officer spotted the .38-caliber gun when he X-rayed the bag at the airport security checkpoint Friday night.
Airport police were called and confiscated the weapon. The passenger was cited on a state weapons charge and allowed to continue on to his destination, Baltimore.
He told officers he forgot the gun was in his bag.
The TSA says there was no impact on airport operations.
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