A Transportation Security Administration screener has been fired after she missed a loaded handgun in a passenger’s carry-on bag at the world’s busiest airport.

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WSB-TV reported Thursday that Atlanta police say passenger Katrina Jackson of Hoover, Alabama, was looking for her passport inside her purse and noticed her .38-caliber handgun while at the gate at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday. Jackson informed to officers who confiscated her gun and bag.

TSA officials said in a statement that the worker who missed the handgun was already on probation and immediately fired.

Police say Jackson told officers she had a permit from Alabama, but didn’t have it on her. Jackson was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun.