Agent boarded an armed guard with his prisoner and did not advise the flight crew.

Attributes
ACN	348940
Time
Date	199610
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdt
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	348980
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At departure from mdt, agent boarded armed passenger with prisoner. No notification presented to us. Due to WX, ie, takeoff alternate and other WX related duties, departed mdt. En route we realized we had no paperwork on armed passenger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AGENT BOARDED AN ARMED GUARD WITH HIS PRISONER AND DID NOT ADVISE THE FLC.

Narrative: AT DEP FROM MDT, AGENT BOARDED ARMED PAX WITH PRISONER. NO NOTIFICATION PRESENTED TO US. DUE TO WX, IE, TKOF ALTERNATE AND OTHER WX RELATED DUTIES, DEPARTED MDT. ENRTE WE REALIZED WE HAD NO PAPERWORK ON ARMED PAX.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.