German Airport Security Laps let bomb on plane.

A data delay allowed a bomb made out of a printer toner cartridge from Yemen to go unsearched in late October, reports Der Spiegel. "A security gap at the Cologne-Bonn Airport meant that the explosive-laden printer from Yemen avoided customs, according to information obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE. The error prevented a thorough search of the suspicious package -- and the possibility of an early detection," reports the German Web site. "The German Finance Ministry confirmed that there had been a 'flawed transfer of data' between the logistics firm UPS and German customs. That error meant that German security checks on the dangerous package failed when the package traveled through the airport on Oct. 28." The bomb was ultimately discovered and deactivated at a UPS facility in England.