There are some inaccuracies in BBC report. Here is what happened according to Slovak news [1]: Slovak police was training explosive sniffing dogs at Poprad air

There are some inaccuracies in BBC report. Here is what happened according to Slovak news [1]: Slovak police was training explosive sniffing dogs at Poprad airport. They planted several samples of explosives in passengers' luggage (90 grams of RDX / Hexogen [2]). Here versions differ - Slovak police claims they planted two, Irish media tell they planted eight samples. One of these was missed by dogs and subsequently police screwed up, forgot about it and let it pass to the airplane. The explosive sample was in a baggage of Slovak citizen living and working in Ireland. Once the police realized their mistake, they let know the pilot (still during the flight), and he was supposedly ok with it. They also let know destination airport in Dublin. Again here versions differ - Slovak police says they did it already on Saturday, when the incident happened, Dublin airport claims they got the message only on Tuesday. Three days after the flight, once Irish authorities got to know there is a missing explosive (from Slovak official sources), they sent a bomb disposal squad to poor unsuspecting passenger, cleaned two streets around him, and arrested him. ---- BTW This was not the first time such incident happened. Five years ago similar thing happened at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4069785.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4069785.stm Also, not explosives, but similarly Japanese police lost planted drugs in an unknowing traveler’s luggage: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/26/japanese-customs-pla.html http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/26/japanese-customs-pla.ht... ---- [1] http://www.sme.sk/c/5179110/policajti-na-letisku-schovali-vybusniny-do-batozin-jedna-odletela-do-dublinu.html http://www.sme.sk/c/5179110/policajti-na-letisku-schovali-vy... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX