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Nolan Ryan tries to board plane with knife
By KIMBERLY DURNAN / ***BANNED-URL***
Former Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan was caught Tuesday trying to board a plane at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with a knife in his carry-on luggage, an official said Wednesday.
Andrea McCauley, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said she could confirm the incident, but referred all questions to airport officials.
"People can't carry knives on board," she said. "We did what we would do with any other passenger. It was above 3 inches. If it's above that length we contact airport police and hand it over to them."
Airport spokeswoman Leslie Schneiweiss said the knife was located at about 8:50 a.m. at a TSA checkpoint. Ryan said he did not know that the knife was in his bag, Schneiweiss said.
"Airport police responded ... and no law enforcement action was taken," she said. "He didn't know he had it. It was in a bag he was carrying. The lining was torn in the bag and it was in the ripped lining."
Ryan was not detained, but Schneiweiss would not say where he was headed. TSA took custody of the knife, she said.
"He voluntarily surrendered the knife. The entire pocketknife was 7 inches. The blade was 3 1/4 inches long," she said.
McCauley said confiscated weapons are turned over to the state of Texas.
It is unlawful for passengers to carry weapons onto planes, but knives and unloaded guns are permissible inside checked luggage.
Ryan, 58, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Ryan was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 after a 27-year career, which included an eight-year stint with the Astros in the 1980s. After playing for the Texas Rangers in 1989-93, Ryan left baseball as the game's all-time strikeout leader with 5,714.
In 1995, then Gov. George W. Bush appointed Ryan, an outdoor enthusiast, to a six-year term on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Ryan joined son Reid and a group of investors in purchasing the Jackson (Miss.) Generals, the Houston Astros' Double-A affiliate, in 1998. Soon after, Ryan and his partners moved the team to Round Rock. Ryan remains one of the team's two principal owners.
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Nolan Ryan tries to board plane with knife
By KIMBERLY DURNAN / ***BANNED-URL***
Former Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan was caught Tuesday trying to board a plane at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with a knife in his carry-on luggage, an official said Wednesday.
Andrea McCauley, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said she could confirm the incident, but referred all questions to airport officials.
"People can't carry knives on board," she said. "We did what we would do with any other passenger. It was above 3 inches. If it's above that length we contact airport police and hand it over to them."
Airport spokeswoman Leslie Schneiweiss said the knife was located at about 8:50 a.m. at a TSA checkpoint. Ryan said he did not know that the knife was in his bag, Schneiweiss said.
"Airport police responded ... and no law enforcement action was taken," she said. "He didn't know he had it. It was in a bag he was carrying. The lining was torn in the bag and it was in the ripped lining."
Ryan was not detained, but Schneiweiss would not say where he was headed. TSA took custody of the knife, she said.
"He voluntarily surrendered the knife. The entire pocketknife was 7 inches. The blade was 3 1/4 inches long," she said.
McCauley said confiscated weapons are turned over to the state of Texas.
It is unlawful for passengers to carry weapons onto planes, but knives and unloaded guns are permissible inside checked luggage.
Ryan, 58, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Ryan was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 after a 27-year career, which included an eight-year stint with the Astros in the 1980s. After playing for the Texas Rangers in 1989-93, Ryan left baseball as the game's all-time strikeout leader with 5,714.
In 1995, then Gov. George W. Bush appointed Ryan, an outdoor enthusiast, to a six-year term on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Ryan joined son Reid and a group of investors in purchasing the Jackson (Miss.) Generals, the Houston Astros' Double-A affiliate, in 1998. Soon after, Ryan and his partners moved the team to Round Rock. Ryan remains one of the team's two principal owners.
E-mail kdurnan@***BANNED-URL***
