Ryanair, a European budget carrier, was made to evacuate an aircraft while on Dublin Airport’s runway on Friday, following a passenger finding a gun cartridge that was live. The aircraft, which was bound for Denmark, was evacuated immediately, and the find was reported by the Ryanair staff to gardai and airport police. There was search at 11:30 in the morning, and there weren’t any more offensive materials found. It is still a mystery as to how the cartridge got onto the aircraft and how the airport security didn’t pick it up.

Gardai performed a detailed search of the hand luggage that the passengers were carrying also, but they didn’t find any signs of weapons or other cartridges. The passengers were given permission to board the aircraft again, following another screening from the security staff of the Dublin Airport. The flight took off eventually at almost 1:00 in the afternoon, following a received ‘all-clear’ from authorities.

Meanwhile, the Dublin Airport Authority says that there is no way that the cartridge went through the airport to end up on the aircraft. A spokesperson for the Dublin Airport Authority said that the plane landed at the airport, but could have originally come from anywhere throughout the network of Ryanair. It was clearly on the plane before it arrived, they continued. A passenger came upon the cartridge as they were putting their luggage up in the overhead cabin, they said, and this is a matter that the carrier has to deal with. The Dublin Airport Authority isn’t going to launch an investigation for this incident, concluded the spokesperson. Gardai confirmed on Friday night that they have launched a full investigation.

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