TSA intercepts loaded handgun found in flight crew member's carry-on at DC-area airport

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, cited a member of an airline flight crew on Friday, after they were found to be in possession of a loaded handgun at one of the airport’s checkpoints.

The TSA said in a news release that the female flight crew member, who has not been named, was carrying a 9 mm pistol that was loaded with nine bullets, including one in the chamber.

Once TSA officers came across the firearm...