Original post here.
Ok, we have a bit more information, courtesy of my local newspaper, The Charlotte Observer:
The report also revealed that the captain of Flight 1536 from Denver fired the shot as he “was stowing his weapon.” The captain was carrying the 13-shot pistol as part of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program run by the federal Transportation Security Administration.
That program has very detailed procedures for handling and transporting firearms, said Richard Bloom, a professor who teaches aviation security at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Although he didn’t know the details of Saturday’s incident, Bloom said there are a few possible explanations for gun being fired accidentally: impairment by alcohol, drugs or medication, some kind of distraction, or “somebody was just messing around.”
No passengers or flight attendants said they heard the gunshot, the report said. The gun, a Heckler & Koch USP .40-caliber pistol, was turned over to a federal air marshal.
Officials have declined to say why the captain’s weapon wasn’t in his holster or flight bag.
Somebody just messing around sounds pretty conclusive. I'm betting that's the correct answer in this case.
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