Journalist smuggles fake explosive on board flight

Airport security in Europe came under question today after a journalist smuggled fake explosives on board a plane travelling from Frankfurt to London Heathrow.

Airport security in Europe came under question today after a journalist smuggled fake explosives on board a plane travelling from Frankfurt to London Heathrow.

A reporter working for German television station Stern TV packed a mobile phone with plasticine and took it on board a British Airways jet at Frankfurt Airport.

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