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1972 - Gold Gun Goes Off At Airport Check: A shot from a3, 000 gold-plated Walther PPK rango that Heathrow Airport, it was revealed yesterday, and a ragged hole two inches across was blasted in the floor of No. 4 pier. The revolver, owned by Prince Kalifa Bin Ali Althani, brother of the ruler of Qatar, was being unloaded by a Special Branch officer when the shot was fired accidentally. Seven other bullets were removed from the chamber before the gun was loaded into a BOAC plane's hold with other luggage for the Prince's flight to Beirut. The gun was discovered when the Prince, with a bodyguard and a political adviser, were checked by a metal detection device used in the fight against skyjacking. Photo show Two new penny pieces indicate the size of the hole made by the bullet

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Accidentally Adviser Beirut Blasted Boac Bodyguard Bullet Bullets Checked Detection Discovered Fired Gold-plated Heathrow Inches Indicate Kalifa Loaded Qatar Ragged Rango Removed Revealed Revolver Skyjacking Unloaded Walther

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