Incident: United B764 enroute on Jun 24th 2015, captain disposes of ammunition into toilet
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 8th 2015 16:53Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 8th 2015 17:26ZA United Boeing 767-400, registration N69059 performing flight UA-104 (dep Jun 23rd) from Houston,TX (USA) to Munich (Germany), was enroute when the captain disposed of ammunition (10 bullets) in his possession into the toilet. Later he informed authorities about the ammunition, the flight was continued to Munich where the aircraft landed safely. The aircraft was guided to a remote parking position, where passengers disembarked. The toilet waste tanks were subsequently emptied and searched for the ammunition, 6 bullets were found, Bavaria's Luftamt grounded the aircraft, a second search found the remaining 4 bullets, the aircraft was released to return to service.
The aircraft remained on the ground for 6 hours and departed for its scheduled return flight UA-133 to Washington Dulles,DC (USA) with a delay of 4:15 hours.
A source had told The Aviation Herald that the aircraft was enroute, when the captain discovered that he was still carrying ammunition consisting of 10 bullets in his luggage, the ammunition not being permitted to be taken into Germany. The captain therefore decided to get rid of the ammunition and disposed of the ammunication into a waste bin. "Unfortunately" a passenger lost her ring in flight, the flight attendants assisted in the search for the lost ring and also checked the waste bins. A flight attendant thus discovered the bullets, dutifully brought and reported the bullets to the captain, who now decided to ultimately get rid of the bullets and dumped them down the toilet. Later the flight attendant inquired again about the bullets, the captain realized that she would file a report, explained the situation to her and informed ground. The aircraft was taken to a remote parking position after landing, airport fire fighters used protective suits while emptying and filtering the waste tanks, recovered 6 bullets in that search, Germany's Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA) grounded the aircraft. A second search discovered the remaining 4 bullets, too, and the aircraft was able to depart for its return flight with a delay of 4 hours.
The Aviation Herald tried to verify the occurrence over the next almost two weeks, stating in all inquiries to Authorities in Germany and the USA that the story is so extremely unbelievable that it must be true again, but remained unsuccessful. Almost about to give up almost two weeks later and stop monitoring the occurrence The Aviation Herald succeeded in getting a first official confirmation from Munich Airport, who confirmed the aircraft had been directed to a remote parking position and departed with a delay, Munich Airport however did not want to comment further on the narration of the event by our source.
A second contact with Germany's LBA (Civil Aviation Authority) brought up the pointer to contact Bavaria's Luftamt, which oversees Bavaria's Civil Aviation on behalf of the LBA. Dr. Simone Hilgers, Press Spokeswoman of Upper Bavaria's Government, told the Aviation Herald on Jul 8th 2015, that they are aware of the occurrence. The details as provided by our source, with the exception of the lost ring not known to the Luftamt, are consistent with the information of the Luftamt.
und im Spiegel auf deutsch... Spiegel
Aber ich muss schon zustimmen, dass das so unglaubwürdig ist, dass es einfach wahr sein muss.
