In 2011, an Israeli Air Force officer was detained at Budapest Airport after a gun was found in his baggage, casting doubts on security procedures at Ben-Gurion Airport where he boarded a plane to the United States, via Hungary. The officer had a pistol, clip and bullets in his bags and was waiting to board an American Airlines flight to the US.

The weapon should have been found during routine X-ray checks by security officers at Ben-Gurion Airport but was only discovered after the initial flight by officials in Budapest.

When questioned about the gun, the officer—who has not been named—denied any connection to the pistol and could not explain its presence in his baggage. He later acknowledged, however, that it belonged to a relative who forgot it in the bags which the officer had used during travel.