A woman managed to pass security at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport yesterday with a .38 caliber revolver in her purse.

The 65-year-old lawyer, Judith Kenney, who was on the American Airlines flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston George Bush Airport already boarded the plane when TSA agents noticed the gun on security images. They took her off the aircraft and charged her with carrying a gun into a place where weapons are prohibited, a third-degree felony in Texas and punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Her flight was delayed by over an hour and 10 more flights were delayed due to the security breach.

If this story sounds too familiar, you are right. On Christmas Day in 2010, an elderly woman passed through a body scan at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport when TSA agents saw "something suspicious". But, by the time they attempted to pull her aside for additional screening, she already moved into a terminal. The airport mobilised its command post and delayed more than 100 flights as the security agents were searching for the woman. See the video:

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